FLOOD ADVISORY Issue Date: 636 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009 Expiration: 845 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
636 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
KYC013-025-051-071-095-119-121-125-131-133-147-189-193-195-231-235-
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FLOYD KY-PIKE KY-BREATHITT KY-OWSLEY KY-KNOTT KY-PERRY KY-CLAY KY-
LAUREL KY-LESLIE KY-LETCHER KY-KNOX KY-HARLAN KY-WAYNE KY-WHITLEY KY-
MCCREARY KY-BELL KY-
636 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS EXTENDED THE
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY
PIKE COUNTY
SOUTH CENTRAL BREATHITT COUNTY
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OWSLEY COUNTY
KNOTT COUNTY
PERRY COUNTY
CLAY COUNTY
SOUTHERN LAUREL COUNTY
LESLIE COUNTY
LETCHER COUNTY
KNOX COUNTY
HARLAN COUNTY
SOUTHERN WAYNE
WHITLEY COUNTY
MCCREARY COUNTY
AND BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
* UNTIL 845 AM EST
* AT 633 AM EST...RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN OF BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES
WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF MINOR FLOODING HIGH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS ALONG COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND NEAR ANY CREEKS AND STREAMS.
TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3663 8501 3669 8501 3738 8333 3749 8287
3770 8230 3764 8217 3756 8213 3753 8196
3726 8235 3712 8272 3704 8272 3698 8286
3689 8287 3685 8306 3674 8315 3666 8354
3658 8371
$$
RAY FLOOD WARNING Issue Date: 613 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009 Expiration: 800 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009 ...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN BELL...SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY...HARLAN...
SOUTH CENTRAL KNOX...LETCHER...SOUTHEASTERN LESLIE...SOUTHEASTERN
PERRY AND SOUTHEASTERN KNOTT COUNTIES...
AT 609 AM EST...RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE
RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN OF BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES WILL KEEP
THE THREAT OF FLOODING HIGH.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3660 8422 3694 8351 3737 8289 3717 8262
3712 8272 3704 8272 3698 8286 3689 8287
3686 8295 3685 8306 3674 8315 3666 8354
3658 8372
$$
RAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 703 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009 Expiration: 700 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 Expires:200912101200;;
FLUS43 KJKL 091118
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
618 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-101200-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
618 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
LARGER CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE...POSSIBLY TO
BANKFULL OR HIGHER IN SOME AREAS IN RESPONSE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL
THAT FELL ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. AREA RIVERS SUCH AS THE SOUTH
FORK OF THE KENTUCKY RIVER...THE MAIN STEM OF THE KENTUCKY RIVER...THE
RED RIVER AND THE CUMBERLAND RIVER WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES
AND WILL RUN HIGH THROUGH AT LEAST TONIGHT.
WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH
THIS MORNING AND REMAIN AT THOSE LEVELS THROUGH THE DAY. GUSTS UP TO
60 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR A SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.
WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...BUT GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL REMAIN LIKELY INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS.
SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS FROM LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS LATE TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A FEW LOCATIONS ALONG THE KENTUCKY...RED AND CUMBERLAND RIVERS WILL
EXPERIENCE HIGH WATER THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE OR FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON.
$$ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT Issue Date: 827 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009 Expiration: 830 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
827 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-091330-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...
PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...
CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...
HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...
INEZ...PIKEVILLE
827 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
NUMEROUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE AREA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN
THREE QUARTERS AND ONE INCH OF RAIN. UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAIN
COULD FALL OVERNIGHT. AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE THE MOST INTENSE SHOWERS
AND HIGHER RAINFALL RATES COULD SEE SOME NUISANCE FLOODING SUCH AS
OVERFLOWING CULVERTS AND DITCHES AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW WATER
CROSSINGS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
$$
AR HIGH WIND WARNING Issue Date: 312 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009 Expiration: 1000 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
.LOW PRESSURE ORGANIZING OVER OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON WILL STRENGTHEN
RAPIDLY AS IT TRACKS TO NEAR DETROIT BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. A TRAILING
COLD FRONT WILL RACE THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY TOWARDS DAWN ON
WEDNESDAY. STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS
THIS FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA AND THEN FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEHIND
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ON WEDNESDAY.
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-090500-
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FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...
MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...
PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...
BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE
312 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT. A LINE OF
SHOWERS...AND PERHAPS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD
FRONT INTO THE AREA TOWARDS DAWN. ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS
WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. STRONG AND
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND
CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEHIND THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY.
* WINDS: GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED
WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL THEN INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35
MPH BEHIND THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY. GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED
FOR A SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD BEHIND THE FRONT...LIKELY EXTENDING INTO
THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL
REMAIN LIKELY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* IMPACTS: TREE DAMAGE IS HIGHLY LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE
AFTER RAINFALL LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT SATURATES THE SOIL. THE
FALLING TREES WILL LIKELY DOWN POWER LINES...RESULTING IN THE
POSSIBILITY OF PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES. DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND
UNSECURED OBJECTS AND PROPERTY IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DRIVERS OF HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-TO-SOUTH ROADWAYS...SUCH AS US 23 AND
INTERSTATE 75...MAY ALSO HAVE EXTREME DIFFICULTY ON WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
$$
ABE HIGH WIND WATCH Issue Date: 342 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009 Expiration: 1100 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009 ...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE OVER OKLAHOMA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN
STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY WHILE TRACKING TO NEAR DETROIT BY MIDDAY
WEDNESDAY. A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL RACE THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG AND
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS FRONT PASSES THROUGH
THE AREA...AND THEN CONTINUING BEHIND THE FRONT WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-081000-
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FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...
MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...
PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...
BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE
342 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
* SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT
PASSES THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY. A LINE OF SHOWERS...AND PERHAPS A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. ANY SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE
THREAT FOR STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL THEN CONTINUE BEHIND THE
FRONT WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE
SOUTHWEST.
* WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
60 MPH ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY...POSSIBLY
CARRYING OVER INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WINDS OF
THIS MAGNITUDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH
WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH
OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
ABE
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