Numerous rounds of heavy rainfall this morning and afternoon, combined with rainfall over the past few days, led to localized flooding in Whitley County. A portion of both Kentucky Highway 26 and Deering Road were closed due to water covering the roadway.
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Numerous rounds of heavy rainfall this morning and afternoon, combined with rainfall over the past few days, led to localized flooding in Whitley County. A portion of both Kentucky Highway 26 and Deering Road were closed due to water covering the roadway.
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 Aug 10, 9:09 AM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Jackson KY 1009 AM EDT Fri Aug 10 2018 .UPDATE... Issued at 1009 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2018 Updated to lower highs a bit for today with ongoing cloud cover and precipitation. Best chances for any places to reach 80 will be in the far north. Still watching some very slow movement of showers out there this morning. Did trim back thunder probabilities a bit today with most of the activity out there this morning being low centroid showers. We may be hard pressed to see any thunder today as very little change is anticipated. Fog has generally lifted into more of stratus layer at the moment. Again the cloud cover will hold temperatures down today. With the low centroid storms, still looking at a heavy rain threat with current flash flood watch looking very reasonable. May look at the need for expanding it a few counties in the next few hours based on heavier rainfall just east of the watch box presently. However, hi-res models do refocus most of the shower activity back to the southwest into the watch box for this afternoon. Outside of refining the rain chances a bit with current radar trends, not many changes with this update. UPDATE Issued at 847 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2018 Pockets of slow-moving heavier showers have moved in across the southwest. Have freshened up the PoPs according to the latest radar trends. The HRRR has been rather erratic with regards to QPF maxima through the day. In general, it is still aligned along the south and southwest where the lower flash flood guidance is; however, it is possible some places to the east of the watch may incur problems if training cells set up. && .SHORT TERM...(Today through Saturday) Issued at 455 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2018 The latest surface map features a couple of quasi-stationary boundaries east of the Mississippi River. The first one is more defined, aligned from Upstate New York down across the lower Great Lakes region. The second one is more subtle, aligned from west to east near the Tennessee/Kentucky border. Aloft, broad troughing remains in the East, with ridging ruling across the West. Convection has been easing in from north central Tennessee and south central Kentucky during the overnight hours, mainly associated with a 700 mb short wave trough. Most of the lightning has dwindled within the core of the complex, but still can't rule out a few strikes as residual forcing gradually continues to push northeast into our area. The larger feature of interest is a short wave trough currently spiraling east across southeastern Missouri. This feature will continue to chug east today. There is good model agreement that convection will fire along the stalled surface boundary near the Tennessee/Kentucky border as we heat up and forcing increases from the approaching wave. PWATs will be close to 2.0 inches today, and storm motions will be slow, less than 10 kts. Portions of the Cumberland Valley have been hit with rounds of heavy rainfall over the past few days, so Flash Flood Guidance has been lowered in places. Consequently, went ahead and hoisted a Flash Flood Watch through this afternoon across the southwest portion of the forecast area. Plenty of cloud cover and precipitation will keep highs suppressed to just under 80 degrees across the southwest, with mid 80s seen further northeast, where less clouds will reside. Deeper convection will ease up into this evening as the short wave gradually exits and we lose heating. Expect at least somewhat of a lull in the activity through the overnight, before the next cold front and mid and upper level support approach by early Saturday. Lows will be in the mid to upper 60s, with more fog likely in the valleys. Expect another round of scattered convection during the day on Saturday, although PWATs will drop down to less than 1.5 inches, and storm motions will be more progressive, so the heavy rain threat will be less. Highs will be in the low to mid 80s. .LONG TERM...(Saturday night through Thursday) Issued at 350 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2018 The latest blended model data suggests that we will see alternating periods of wet and dry weather across eastern Kentucky in the extended. It looks like we will see scattered showers and storms across the area Saturday night through Sunday night, as an area of low pressure moves by to the east of the area. A ridge of high pressure is then expected to settle over the region to begin the work week, bringing mostly clear to partly cloudy skies, light and variable winds, and dry conditions to eastern Kentucky. This trend should begin to change on Wednesday, however, as an area of low pressure moves out of the central Plains and across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions mid week. This system looks to linger over the region through the end of the weekend, bringing rain chances to eastern Kentucky. The best chance for any thunderstorms will be during the afternoon and early evening hours. Daily highs should top out in the low to mid 80s, with nightly lows in the low to mid 60s on tap. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Saturday morning) ISSUED AT 847 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2018 LIFR stratus/fog will lift through 15z, with showers and isolated thunder affecting locations mainly along and south of SME to LOZ. MVFR conditions will remain in place through most of the day for those locations, with better improvement towards SYM by 18z. Convection will once again dwindle into this evening, with partial clearing likely leading to another round of fog/low stratus across most of the area. Winds will remain less than 5 kts through the period. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Flash Flood Watch until 6 PM EDT this evening for KYZ079-080- 083>087. && UPDATE...KAS SHORT TERM...GEOGERIAN LONG TERM...AR AVIATION...GEOGERIAN
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 1143 AM EDT Fri Aug 10 2018 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-104-106>114-119-120-111845- Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Estill-Powell-Menifee-Rockcastle- Jackson-Elliott-Morgan-Johnson-Wolfe-Magoffin-Floyd-Lee-Breathitt- Knott-Owsley-Martin-Pike- Including the cities of Flemingsburg, Camargo, Jeffersonville, Mount Sterling, Owingsville, Morehead, Irvine, Ravenna, Clay City, Stanton, Frenchburg, Brodhead, Mount Vernon, McKee, Annville, Sandy Hook, West Liberty, Paintsville, Campton, Salyersville, Prestonsburg, Wheelwright, Beattyville, Jackson, Hindman, Pippa Passes, Booneville, Inez, Coal Run, Elkhorn City, Pikeville, and South Williamson 1143 AM EDT Fri Aug 10 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Thunderstorms will be possible at times from Saturday through Thursday, mainly during the afternoon and early evening hours. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. KYZ079-080-083>088-115>118-111845- Pulaski-Laurel-Wayne-McCreary-Whitley-Knox-Bell-Harlan-Perry-Clay- Leslie-Letcher- Including the cities of Burnside, Somerset, London, Monticello, Stearns, Whitley City, Corbin, Williamsburg, Barbourville, Middlesboro, Pineville, Cumberland, Harlan, Hazard, Manchester, Hyden, Jenkins, and Whitesburg 1143 AM EDT Fri Aug 10 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight. Periods of heavy showers with a few rumbles of thunder are expected through this afternoon. Slow moving showers will be capable of producing excessive rainfall, leading to isolated instances of flash flooding across the area. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Thunderstorms will be possible at times from Saturday through Sunday and again from Wednesday through Thursday, mainly during the afternoon and early evening hours. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any instances of flooding today. KAS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A local media outlet passed along several reports of standing water on Kentucky Highway 26 between Woodbine and Corbin.
Local media relayed a report of standing water on Deering Road west of Woodbine.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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