Strong thunderstorms moving slowly across the same areas produced heavy rain that lead to flash flooding across Johnson county during the late night and early morning hours of June 5th.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
Strong thunderstorms moving slowly across the same areas produced heavy rain that lead to flash flooding across Johnson county during the late night and early morning hours of June 5th.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 10:55 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1155 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1155 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CELLS CONTINUE TO CROSS EAST KENTUCKY...GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN SOME STABILIZATION OVER OUR AREA THIS EVENING...THERE REMAINS ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR A FEW STRONGER CELLS OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. WITH THE MAIN THREAT SINKING SOUTH WITH TIME. ACCORDINGLY...WILL CONTINUE THE TOR WATCH THROUGH 05Z. HAVE UPDATED THE GRIDS TO REFLECT THE PCPN CONCERNS THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DID ALSO UPDATE AND FINE TUNE THE T/TD THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE OVERNIGHT. THESE HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE NDFD AND WEB SERVERS. ALSO UPDATED THE HWO AND ZFP. UPDATE ISSUED AT 750 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 THREE AREAS OF CONVECTION REMAIN A CONCERN AND MAY POSE A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS. ONE LARGE CELL TO THE SW OF JKL OVER THE LEE AND OWSLEY COUNTY AREA HAS HAD A DEEP UPDRAFT AND ROTATION AND IS A VERY TALL AND BIG STORM. HOWEVER...FEW REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THERE MAY STILL BE SOME WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM AT LEAST FROM TIME TO TIME. IF...WHEN...AND WHERE THIS CELL COLLAPSES IT SHOULD CAUSE SOME WIND DAMAGE...IF NOT BEFORE. THE PULASKI TO LAUREL COUNTY CELL HAS ALSO SHOWN SOME BROAD ROTATION AND MAY INTENSIFY. THE OTHER ACTIVITY THAT COULD STILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE OR POSSIBLY POSE A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IS THE LINE APPROACHING FORM NORTHERN KY AND SOUTHEAST OH AND THIS WILL PROBABLY MARCH EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND POSSIBLY HAVE A SEGMENT OR TWO THAT TRAINS IN THE NORTH THAT HAS BEEN WET LATELY. OTHERWISE...THE REMAINING ACTIVITY OVER WESTERN KY SHOULD PASS SOUTH TOWARD THE MIDDLE TN AND TN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AREA. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 445 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS TRACKING ACROSS THE OH VALLEY REGION WHILE THE CORRESPONDING MID LEVEL WAVE IS WORKING INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES AND LOWER OH VALLEY REGION. THE SFC LOW WILL TRACK TOWARD THE DELMARVA BY AROUND DAWN ON THU...WITH THE TRAILING COLD FRONT SAGGING SOUTH INTO THE REGION. AT THE SAME TIME THE MID LEVEL WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. WITH A WARM AND VERY MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...TEMPS OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY IN THE LOW TO MID 80S AND DEWPOINTS INT HE MID 60S TO AROUND 70...INSTABILITY IN ON THE MODERATE SIDE WITH SBCAPE 1500-2000 J/KG. 0-6KM SHEAR IS ANALYZED IN THE 30 TO 45KT RANGE...SO SHEAR IS SUFFICIENT FOR SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME SUPERCELLS. THE RECENT RADAR TRENDS SEEM TO REASONABLY BE FOLLOWING THE TRENDS OF THE NEAR TERM MODELS SUCH AS THE HRRR. AFTER SOME MORE CELLULAR THIS SCENARIO TAKES A STRONG TO SEVERE LINE OR LINE SEGMENT EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA THROUGH 0Z...OR 8 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FROM ALL OF THE CWA. WITH THE BOUNDARY STILL LAGGING TO THE NORTH SOME ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT OF POSSIBLE STRONG CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP IN BEHIND THIS. ANOTHER LINE OR AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION WILL APPROACH THE SW PART OF THE CWA AROUND 7 PM AND CROSS THAT AREA THROUGH 10 TO 11 PM EDT. THEN...SOME SHOWERS OR STRATIFORM RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW WITH A FINAL LINE OF SHOWERS AND SOME EMBEDDED THUNDER POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT SINKS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. ONLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTH INTO THE DAY ON THU AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY SAGS SOUTH INTO THE TN VALLEY. BEHIND THE BOUNDARY...A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEIGHT RISES AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE NOSING INTO THE AREA FROM THE GREAT LAKES SHOULD PROVIDE DRY WEATHER OR MOSTLY DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...THE HIGH WILL SHIFT EAST LATE THU NIGHT AND SOME CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP AS THE AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES AND POSSIBLY REACTIVATES THE BOUNDARY. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 443 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL PATTERN THROUGH THE PERIOD BUT GREATER DIFFERENCES CROP UP WITH TIME WITH RESPECT TO MAGNITUDE AND TIMING OF SHORT WAVE DISTURBANCES THROUGH A PROGRESSIVE AND GENERALLY BROAD CONUS TROUGH LIKE FLOW. CORE OF THE WESTERLIES CONTINUE TO RUN SOUTH OF THE NORTHERN TIER...A BIT FURTHER SOUTH FOR MAIN STORM TRACKS THAN TYPICALLY FOUND THIS TIME OF YEAR. MODEL RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY IS LACKING...AND CONSIDERING DIFFERENCES IN SOLUTIONS CONFIDENCE IN THE EXTENDED IS LOWER THAN USUAL. THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE BROAD BRUSH APPROACH TO THE FORECAST GRIDS... PARTICULARLY POPS. FOR SENSIBLE WEATHER SHORT WAVE RIDGING AND SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL STILL BUILD INTO THE REGION BEHIND EXITING COLD FRONTAL SYSTEM EARLY IN THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...MODELS HINT AT A WEAK DISTURBANCE THAT MAY PROVIDE A GLANCING BLOW TO SEVERAL OF OUR SOUTHERNMOST COUNTIES FRIDAY. SATURDAY STILL LOOKS DRY WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. BUT THE PATTERN LOOKS MORE UNSETTLED THEREAFTER AS EASTERN KENTUCKY MAY WIND UP WITHIN A STORM TRACK CORRIDOR...OR BROAD BAROCLINIC ZONE BEGINNING WITH A STORM SYSTEM THAT APPEARS DESTINED TO RIDE UP THE OHIO VALLEY LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. USED A BLEND OF MODEL GUIDANCE IN AN EFFORT TO MITIGATE TIMING DIFFERENCES IN DISTURBANCES AND GENERALLY RAN WITH LOW POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. BASICALLY NUDGED TEMPERATURES TOWARDS LATEST GUIDANCE. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 758 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL PEAK BETWEEN NOW AND 6Z. OVER THE NEXT HOUR...LOZ AND SJS SHOULD TAKE THE MOST DIRECT HIT THOUGH A LARGE CELL IS PASSING BETWEEN LOZ AND JKL. WITH ANY CONVECTION BRIEF MVFR TO IFR IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30KT OR MORE. ADDITIONALLY...THERE WILL BE LOCALIZED DENSE FOG IN SOME VALLEYS AFTER 6Z AND SOME PREVAILING MVFR FOG AND OR CIGS ARE ANTICIPATED POST COLD FRONT. ONCE THE FOG LIFT AND THE FRONT PUSHED FURTHER SOUTH...IMPROVEMENT TO VFR IS EXPECTED 12Z TO 16Z...MAINLY VFR IS EXPECTED. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 5 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR KYZ044-050>052-059- 060-104-106>110-119-120. && UPDATE...GREIF SHORT TERM...JP LONG TERM...RAY AVIATION...JP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1105 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 KYZ044-051-052-060615- FLEMING-BATH-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD 1105 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE NIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF THIS AREA FROM THE EARLIER STORMS AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD ADD TO A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64 ON THURSDAY... MAINLY IN THE MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCE OF HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLOODING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. KYZ050-059-060-104-106>110-119-120-060615- MONTGOMERY-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN- FLOYD-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT STERLING...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE 1105 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 218 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AROUND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WHERE MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS LEADING TO A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64 ON THURSDAY... MAINLY IN THE MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCE OF HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLOODING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. KYZ058-068-069-079-080-083>088-111>118-060615- ESTILL-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX- BELL-HARLAN-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET... LONDON...MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG... BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...BEATTYVILLE... JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN... WHITESBURG 1105 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 ...TORNADO WATCH 218 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WHERE MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS LEADING TO A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64 ON THURSDAY... MAINLY IN THE MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCE OF HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLOODING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. JP/GREIF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 902 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 KYZ044-051-052-060-050145- MENIFEE-ROWAN-BATH-FLEMING- 902 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING... NORTHERN MENIFEE... SOUTHERN ROWAN... BATH AND SOUTH CENTRAL FLEMING. AT 902 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WYOMING...OR NEAR OWINGSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...MIDLAND AROUND 910 PM EDT...FARMERS AROUND 915 PM EDT...YOUNG SPRINGS AROUND 920 PM EDT...YALE AROUND 925 PM EDT...ZILPO AROUND 930 PM EDT... RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. JMW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 903 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 KYZ113-115-118-050130- KNOTT-LETCHER-PERRY- 903 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING... EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL KNOTT... CENTRAL LETCHER AND EAST CENTRAL PERRY. AT 904 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VICCO...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAZARD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...CARCASSONNE AROUND 910 PM EDT...CARBON GLOW AROUND 915 PM EDT...JEREMIAH AROUND 920 PM EDT...VAN AROUND 925 PM EDT...BELLCRAFT AROUND 930 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. SHALLENBERGER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1108 PM EDT WED JUN 04 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0959 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 WSW BLAZE 38.02N 83.35W
06/04/2014 MORGAN KY 911 CALL CENTER
TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ON KY 519 NEAR PEYTON RIDGE
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JJSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1127 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 KYZ106-107-109-050400- JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-MORGAN- 1127 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY MORNING... WEST CENTRAL JOHNSON... NORTHERN MAGOFFIN AND CENTRAL MORGAN. AT 1127 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LICKING RIVER...OR NEAR WEST LIBERTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...FLORRESS AROUND 1135 PM EDT...HALEBURG AROUND 1140 PM EDT...GRAYFOX AROUND 1145 PM EDT...QUOD AROUND 1150 PM EDT...NILES AROUND 1155 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. GEOGERIAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1153 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 KYZ058-069-111-114-050430- ESTILL-JACKSON-OWSLEY-LEE- 1153 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING... EASTERN JACKSON... NORTHWESTERN OWSLEY... SOUTHWESTERN LEE AND SOUTHERN ESTILL. AT 1153 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARTHURMABEL...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF IRVINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...BANFORD AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT...EARNESTVILLE AROUND 1205 AM EDT...VINCENT AROUND 1210 AM EDT...ENDEE AROUND 1215 AM EDT...TURIN AROUND 1220 AM EDT... RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. JMW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1209 AM EDT THU JUN 5 2014 KYZ110-119-120-050500- MARTIN-PIKE-FLOYD- 1209 AM EDT THU JUN 5 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING... SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN... NORTHEASTERN PIKE AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN FLOYD. AT 1209 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HEENAN...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF INEZ...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...VARNEY AROUND 1215 AM EDT...HEISEY AROUND 1220 AM EDT...SIDNEY AROUND 1225 AM EDT...BELFRY AROUND 1230 AM EDT...HARDY AROUND 1235 AM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. GEOGERIAN
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:34 UTC.
7 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A foot of water was over the roadway at the intersection of KY 581 and Boyds Branch.
Flood water had entered a residence near Millers Creek.
Flood water had entered a residence along KY Hwy 40 East in Meally.
The dam of a pond was over topped or compromised, leading to flooding of homes in the Stoney Brook subdivision area.
Flood waters entered two homes and several garages in Davella. Several heating and cooling units at residences in the area were destroyed by the flood waters.
The road was closed due to a mudslide that had occurred on KY 40 in Staffordsville between Little Mud Creek and Cross Creek.
Water was reported to have been 12 inches deep at the Van Lear Fire Dept.
Dispatch reported that water threatened residences along Millers Creek Rd. Water was also flowing over Witten Lane and KY 302 in West Van Lear, as well as KY Route 172 in Staffordsville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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