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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this high wind warning at Feb 10, 2009, 2:25 PM EST for 33 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 11, 2009, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2009, 2:25 PM EST (19:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2009, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2009, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
All 33 counties
Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 1:55 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Whitley City, KY | ROOF BLOWN OFF OF TRAILER IN REVELO AREA. SEVERAL TREES BLOCKING ROADS AND ONE CAR WRECK BLAMED ON WIND IN WHITLEY CITY. |
| Feb 11, 2:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Middlesboro, KY | TRIM BLOWN OFF OF NUMEROUS HOUSES IN THE MIDDLESBORO AREA. |
| Feb 11, 2:34 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Monticello, KY | TREES ARE DOWN. POWER LINES ARE DOWN. FIRES DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES. |
| Feb 11, 2:34 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Monticello, KY | TREES ARE DOWN. POWER LINES ARE DOWN. FIRES DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES. |
| Feb 11, 2:34 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Monticello, KY | SEVERAL TREES ARE DOWN. POWER LINES ARE DOWN. FIRES DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES. |
| Feb 11, 3:12 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Burnside, KY | ROOF BLOWN OFF LAWYERS OFFICE IN BURNSIDE. ALSO SEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN IN SOMERSET. REPORT COURTESY OF THE COMMONWEALTH JOURNAL. |
| Feb 11, 3:15 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 S Somerset, KY | |
| Feb 11, 3:17 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Somerset, KY | |
| Feb 11, 3:26 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Oneida, KY | TREES DOWN IN ONEIDA AND COUNTYWIDE. |
| Feb 11, 3:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Williamsburg, KY | ROOFS OFF 5 HOUSES. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. ALSO...AN ESTIMATED 90 PERCENT OF WILLIAMSBURG WITHOUT POWER. |
| Feb 11, 3:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Woodbine, KY | TREE DOWN ON HOUSE. ALSO...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 25 BETWEEN WILLIAMSBURG AND CORBIN. |
| Feb 11, 3:48 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Greenmount, KY | TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON HOMES AND POWERPOLES WERE ALSO BLOWN DOWN. THIS REPORT WAS FROM THE LONDON SENTINEL ECHO. |
| Feb 11, 3:48 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Keavy, KY | THE FLASHING WAS BLOWN OFF OF A HOME. THIS REPORT WAS FROM THE LONDON SENTINEL ECHO. |
| Feb 11, 3:49 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | London, KY | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN IN LONDON. THIS REPORT WAS FROM THE LONDON SENTINEL ECHO. |
| Feb 11, 3:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Williamsburg, KY | SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWNED/UPROOTED IN WILLIAMSBURG... SOME AS LARGE AS 3 FOOT IN DIAMTER. |
| Feb 11, 3:50 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 59 | 4 Se London, KY | |
| Feb 11, 3:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Brodhead, KY | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 150 AND 1505. ROOF OFF OF HOUSE. ALSO TREES DOWN IN THE CONWAY AREA. |
| Feb 11, 3:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Irvine, KY | MULTIPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN IRVINE |
| Feb 11, 3:58 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Sterling, KY | BARN DISINTEGRATED ON WHITAKER LANE. ROOF DAMAGE AT 911 CENTER. TOBACCO WAREHOUSE ROOF GONE. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS TOWN. POWER LINE AND 10 POWER POLES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 460E. ALSO...POWER POLES SNAPPED ON BYPASS. |
| Feb 11, 4:05 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Barbourville, KY | TWO DOZEN HOMES WERE DAMAGED DUE TO THE WIND. A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A BUSINESS AS WELL. |
| Feb 11, 4:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Owingsville, KY | BOYD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER RELAYED INFORMATION FROM BATH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER ABOUT A TOWER BLOWN OVER AT THE EMS STATION AND DAMAGE AT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. |
| Feb 11, 4:10 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 E Barbourville, KY | |
| Feb 11, 4:18 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Peabody, KY | POWERLINES WERE DOWNED NEAR THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY NEAR MILE MARKER 31. |
| Feb 11, 4:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Jackson, KY | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN, ONE ON A HOUSE AND ANOTHER ON THE ADJACENT HOUSE THAT LOST POWER. |
| Feb 11, 4:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Copebranch, KY | TREES WERE UPROOTED. THIS IS A PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED BY WYMT. |
| Feb 11, 4:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Talbert, KY | TWO LARGE TREES DOWN BLOCKING HWY 1933. |
| Feb 11, 4:20 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 0 | 1 S Jackson, KY | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN, ONE ON A HOUSE AND ANOTHER ON THE ADJACENT HOUSE THAT LOST POWER. |
| Feb 11, 4:23 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Wsw Thousandsticks, KY | TREES WERE UPROOTED AND A ROOF WAS DAMAGED ON THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY NEAR MILE MARKER 38. |
| Feb 11, 4:25 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 67 | 4 Ne Morehead, KY | |
| Feb 11, 4:27 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Jackson, KY | TREE DOWN ON FENCE. |
| Feb 11, 4:27 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Rogers, KY | OUT BUILDINGS DESTROYED DUE TO WIND. TRAILER ROOF BLOWN OFF. |
| Feb 11, 4:29 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Jackson, KY | FACIA RIPPED OFF HOUSE ON PINE HILL DRIVE ON LAKE SIDE. |
| Feb 11, 4:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Chavies, KY | A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A BARN. |
| Feb 11, 4:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Clayhole, KY | A MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED. |
| Feb 11, 4:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Haddix, KY | FRONT PORCH ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE. PORCH HAS BEEN KNOCKED OFF ITS FOUNDATION. HOUSE NEXT DOOR HAD A LARGE CEDAR TREE FALL ON THE PORCH. HALF OF THAT PORCH WAS DESTROYED. |
| Feb 11, 4:33 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Pikeville, KY | TREE DOWN BLOCKING KY RT.122 3 MILES EAST OF THE PIKE CO./FLOYD CO. LINE. |
| Feb 11, 4:33 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Pikeville, KY | TREE DOWN BLOCKING KY RT.122 3 MILES EAST OF THE PIKE CO./FLOYD CO. LINE. |
| Feb 11, 4:35 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Hazard, KY | THE PUBLIC REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN WITH POWER OUTAGES IN HAZARD. |
| Feb 11, 4:35 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Woodsbend, KY | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN |
| Feb 11, 4:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Nnw Sandy Hook, KY | TREES DOWN NEAR GIMLET. OUTBUILDING ROOF OFF. |
| Feb 11, 4:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | West Liberty, KY | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN |
| Feb 11, 4:46 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Paintsville, KY | DOWNED TREES ON RT 172 AT STAFFORDSVILLE. POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. ROOF BLOWN OFF OF HOUSE AT MILLERS CREEK. ESTIMATED 300 HOMES WITHOUT ELECTRICITIY. |
| Feb 11, 4:47 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Haddix, KY | PORCHES BLOWN OFF OF 2 MOBILE HOMES AND TREE DOWN ON ONE OF THEM. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND HADDIX. |
| Feb 11, 4:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Hindman, KY | NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
| Feb 11, 4:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Rogers, KY | HOUSE SHIFTED OFF OF FOUNDATION IN TAR RIDGE AREA. |
| Feb 11, 4:53 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Salyersville, KY | ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES AND UTILITY WIRES DOWN. SHINGLES DAMAGE TO VEHICLES. |
| Feb 11, 4:54 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Prestonsburg, KY | 2 TO 3 TREES ACROSS 114. CORRECTED EVENT TIME BASED ON RADAR IMAGERY. |
| Feb 11, 4:58 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Auxier, KY | DAMAGE TO A HOME FROM A BRICK CARPORT BLOWN DOWN FROM A THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST AT THE MINDOLA VILLAGE SUBDIVISION. |
| Feb 11, 4:58 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Prestonsburg, KY | POP MACHINE BLOWN OVER. |
| Feb 11, 4:59 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Wittensville, KY | CARS WERE MOVED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT DUE TO A THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST. ROOF DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES AND HOMES OCCURRED. ONE MOBILE THAT WAS NOT ANCHORED DOWN WAS DESTROYED. A CARPORT AND AN AWNING WAS RIPPED OFF OF A HOME. |
| Feb 11, 5:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Prestonsburg, KY | LARGE LIMBS DOWN. 1/2 TO 2/3 INCH HAIL. POWER OUT. ESTIMATED 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS. |
| Feb 11, 5:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Salyersville, KY | ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A TWO STORY BUILDING. |
| Feb 11, 5:01 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Shelbiana, KY | PIKE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED A REPORT OF A TREE BLOCKING U.S. 460 AT THE MOUTH OF GREASY CREEK NEAR SHELBIANA. A TREE WAS ALSO BLOCKING A ROAD IN CHLOE RIDGE SUBDIVISION IN PIKEVILLE. |
| Feb 11, 5:03 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Prestonsburg, KY | 2 TO 3 TREES ACROSS 114. |
| Feb 11, 5:05 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Inez, KY | SEVERAL TREES ARE DOWN. ONE IS ACROSS THE POWER LINE AND ONE IS ACROSS THE ROAD. |
| Feb 11, 5:05 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Se Prestonsburg, KY | IN THE EMMA AREA THERE ARE NUMEROUS LIMBS DOWN. 1 TREE DOWN. DAMAGE TO BARN ROOF. |
| Feb 11, 5:05 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Emma, KY | NUMEROUS LIMBS DOWN. 1 TREE DOWN. DAMAGE TO BARN ROOF. |
| Feb 11, 5:05 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 71 | 3 Wnw Pleasant, KY | 71 MPH WIND GUST OBSERVED ON BIG SANDY RAWS. |
| Feb 11, 5:08 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sse Alvin, KY | NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWN IN THE COW CREEK COMMUNITY AND SOME WERE UPROOTED. SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF OF SEVERAL HOMES. |
| Feb 11, 5:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Pikeville, KY | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON HOUSE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 218 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 412 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 454 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KJKL 101925 NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 225 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN TRAVEL NORTHEAST TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY. ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND CONTINUE AFTER IT PASSES. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-110500- /O.UPG.KJKL.HW.A.0001.090211T1700Z-090212T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.HW.W.0001.090211T1700Z-090212T1100Z/ 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 225 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES... WITH GUSTS LIKELY REACHING 60 MPH AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON...AND SUSTAINED WINDS NEARING 30 MPH AT TIMES. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG OR DAMAGING WINDS IS ALSO EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...EVEN OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE A POSSIBILITY. VERY STRONG WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AFTER THE COLD FRONT HAS PASSED... BUT THE WIND SHOULD BE DIMINISHING BY DAWN ON THURSDAY. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND BRING DOWN ANY DAMAGED TREES AND LIMBS RESULTING FROM THE RECENT ICE STORM. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT OF DOWNED UTILITY LINES. THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AS WELL...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY AND INTERSTATE 64. 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. $$ HAL/RAY/ABE
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KJKL 110350 AAA NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1050 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND THEN TRAVEL NORTHEAST TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY. ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND CONTINUE AFTER IT PASSES. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-111200- /O.CON.KJKL.HW.W.0001.090211T1700Z-090212T1100Z/ 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 1050 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES... WITH GUSTS LIKELY REACHING 60 MPH AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON...AND SUSTAINED WINDS NEARING 30 MPH AT TIMES. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG OR DAMAGING WINDS IS ALSO EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...EVEN OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE A POSSIBILITY. VERY STRONG WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AFTER THE COLD FRONT HAS PASSED... BUT THE WIND SHOULD BE DIMINISHING BY DAWN ON THURSDAY. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND BRING DOWN ANY DAMAGED TREES AND LIMBS RESULTING FROM THE RECENT ICE STORM. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT OF DOWNED UTILITY LINES. THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AS WELL...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS SUCH AS THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY AND INTERSTATE 64. 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. $$ RAY/ABE/GREIF
000 WWUS73 KJKL 110933 NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 433 AM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT... .A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AS IT TRAVELS NORTHEAST OVER THE MIDWEST TODAY. ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND CONTINUE AFTER IT PASSES. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-111700- /O.EXT.KJKL.HW.W.0001.090211T1500Z-090212T0900Z/ 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 433 AM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT JACKSON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES TODAY...WITH GUSTS LIKELY REACHING 60 MPH AT TIMES. DAMAGING WINDS COULD ARRIVE AS EARLY AS LATE MORNING...BUT ARE MORE LIKELY LATE IN THE DAY. VERY STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS FROM THE WEST ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AFTER THE COLD FRONT HAS PASSED...BUT THE WIND WILL BE DIMINISHING BY DAWN ON THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG OR DAMAGING WINDS IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT IN MANY PLACES TREES HAVE ALREADY BEEN STRESSED BY THE RECENT ICE STORM. THE HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO BRING A RISK OF DOWNED UTILITY LINES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AS WELL...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. $$ HAL
000
WWUS73 KJKL 111550
NPWJKL
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1050 AM EST WED FEB 11 2009
...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...
.A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AS IT TRAVELS
NORTHEAST OVER THE MIDWEST TODAY. ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG AND
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP JUST AHEAD OF THE
FRONT AND CONTINUE AFTER IT PASSES.
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-112200-
/O.CON.KJKL.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T0900Z/
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
1050 AM EST WED FEB 11 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY.
SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS. WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE
WEDNESDAY MORNING HAVE REACHED IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AT TIMES.
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY WILL INCREASE INTO THE 15
TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES BY NOON. EVEN HIGHER
WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AT TIMES...ARE THEN LIKELY DURING
THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR MORE IS HIGHEST BETWEEN 3
PM AND 7 PM AS THE COLD FRONT AND ANY ASSOCIATED SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY PASSES THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY. VERY STRONG
AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS FROM THE WEST ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AFTER THE COLD FRONT HAS PASSED...BUT
THE WIND WILL BE DIMINISHING BY DAWN ON THURSDAY.
WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD DAMAGE...
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT IN MANY AND U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS...
HB5ID STATION FLOOD 7AM 24HOUR 24HOUR
STAGE STAGE CHANGE PCPN
UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER
PCYO2 PONCA CITY 17 3.95 -0.01 0.74
RLSO2 RALSTON 16 5.60 1.51 1.49
BLACK BEAR CREEK
PAWO2 PAWNEE 17 5.28 3.12 1.35
HOMINY CREEK
HMYO2 HOMINY 13.20 6.41 1.16
BIRD CREEK
AVTO2 AVANT 17 5.71 1.99 1.83
SPEO2 SPERRY 21 1.96 0.35 1.19
OWSO2 OWASSO-MINGO 18 5.71 1.10 MSG
CTSO2 CATOOSA-HWY 266 9.92 5.38 MSG
FLAT ROCK CREEK
TFRO2 TULSA 4N 4.76 0.76 MSG
COAL CREEK
TCCO2 TULSA 5NNE 7.05 2.44 MSG
CANEY RIVER
BVLO2 BARTLESVILLE 13 5.28 2.25 2.07
RAMO2 RAMONA 26 4.37 0.96 0.90
CVLO2 COLLINSVILLE 26 8.16 1.27 1.59
VERDIGRIS RIVER
LEPO2 LENAPAH 30 9.68 3.78 0.97
CLRO2 CLAREMORE 36 6.55 2.15 1.82
BIG CABIN CREEK
BGCO2 BIG CABIN 25.18 12.51 2.53
PRYOR CREEK
PYRO2 PRYOR 20.57 14.09 3.21
SPRING CREEK
LCGO2 LOCUST GROVE 4.51 0.23 1.20
NEOSHO RIVER
COMO2 COMMERCE 15 4.32 1.08 2.85
MIAO2 MIAMI 42.93 0.65 MSG
LNGO2 LANGLEY 13.99 1.60 MSG
TAR CREEK
MTCO2 MIAMI-TAR 6.86 2.30 1.63
SPRING RIVER
QUAO2 QUAPAW 20 7.36 1.34 2.14
HONEY CREEK
GHCO2 SOUTHWEST CITY 5.51 0.92 MSG
BEATY CREEK
JBCO2 JAY 6.41 1.00 MSG
SPAVINAW CREEK
GSCA4 CHEROKEE CITY 6.74 0.25 0.21
SYCO2 SYCAMORE 5.15 0.24 0.75
CCDO2 COLCORD 7.43 0.62 1.45
NSCO2 NEW EUCHA 5W 10.65 0.19 1.46
KINGS RIVER
BRYA4 BERRYVILLE 31 4.88 0.78 0.84
YOCUM CREEK
OAKA4 OAK GROVE 4.24 0.15 MSG
LONG CREEK
DNRA4 DENVER 3.80 0.05 MSG
WAR EAGLE CREEK
HDGA4 HINDSVILLE 4.69 2.22 MSG
RICHLAND CREEK
GSHA4 GOSHEN 6.31 3.85 MSG
WHITE RIVER
FYGA4 FAYETTEVILLE 4E 13.57 9.57 1.12
OSAGE CREEK
CVSA4 CAVE SPRINGS 5.52 3.36 MSG
ELMA4 ELM SPRINGS 3NW 6.70 3.25 MSG
FLINT CREEK
SPRA4 SPRINGTOWN 4.21 0.93 MSG
WSSO2 WEST SILOAM SPRINGS 4.95 0.48 MSG
KNSO2 KANSAS 11 7.15 0.78 1.11
SAGER CREEK
WSCO2 WEST SILOAM SPRINGS 7.73 2.92 MSG
ILLINOIS RIVER
SVYA4 SAVOY 9.88 6.21 MSG
SLSA4 SILOAM SPRINGS 4SE 6.86 0.68 1.42
WTTO2 WATTS 13 4.90 1.58 1.82
TALO2 TAHLEQUAH 11 4.20 0.28 1.44
GORO2 GORE 6.96 0.26 0.73
BARON FORK
DMLA4 DUTCH MILLS 3.66 1.98 0.73
ELDO2 ELDON 18 6.43 0.25 1.17
CANEY CREEK
BCCO2 BARBER 6.69 1.19 MSG
CANADIAN RIVER
WHTO2 WHITEFIELD 3.56 0.98 0.84
DEEP FORK RIVER
SDFO2 STROUD 10.13 0.53 0.96
BGSO2 BEGGS 18 2.83 0.91 1.05
POLECAT CREEK
JNKO2 JENKS 17 3.19 1.80 MSG
JOE CREEK
TJOO2 TULSA 6SSE 2.23 1.71 MSG
LITTLE HAIKEY CREEK
TLHO2 TULSA 11SE 10.01 3.88 MSG
HAIKEY CREEK
THCO2 TULSA 12SE 9.92 8.07 MSG
LOWER ARKANSAS RIVER
TLSO2 TULSA 18 2.26 0.60 1.31
HSKO2 HASKELL 19 3.77 0.93 0.61
MKGO2 MUSKOGEE 28 18.87 0.77 1.15
FSAA4 FORT SMITH 12.87 1.36 MSG
VBUA4 VAN BUREN 22 20.12 0.60 1.39
LEE CREEK
SHRO2 SHORT 1W 7.51 3.78 MSG
VBRA4 VAN BUREN 420.92 0.89 1.04
401 391.50 0.40
FROG BAYOU
RDYA4 RUDY 7.05 5.02 1.11
JAMES FORK
HJFA4 HACKETT 2S 12.25 8.15 MSG
BLACK FORK
PBFO2 PAGE 5N 8.13 3.40 1.78
POTEAU RIVER
LVNO2 LOVING 11.02 1.29 MSG
PTAO2 POTEAU 24 10.64 8.30 1.17
PANO2 PANAMA 29 18.91 11.41 1.42
SAN BOIS CREEK
SSBO2 STIGLER 19.09 8.85 1.36
FOURCHE MALINE
RDOO2 RED OAK 4.01 1.48 1.01
GAINES CREEK
HAHO2 HARTSHORNE 4ESE 10.63 2.66 1.49
KIAMICHI RIVER
BCDO2 BIG CEDAR 5.96 2.39 1.68
CLTO2 CLAYTON 5.36 1.31 1.22
ANTO2 ANTLERS 25 4.17 1.04 1.09
MUDDY BOGGY CREEK
UNGO2 UNGER 9.91 1.32 1.41
LITTLE RIVER
CLYO2 CLOUDY 5.99 1.87 0.96
RED RIVER
ARCT2 ARTHUR CITY 27 4.74 -0.12 1.02
HB5ID RESERVOIR NORMAL 7AM 7DAY 24HOUR
POOL LEVEL CHANGE PCPN
ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN
KAWO2 KAW LAKE 1013.0 1011.93 -0.79 0.04
KEYO2 KEYSTONE LAKE 723.0 723.57 3.60 1.09
HEYO2 HEYBURN LAKE 761.5 761.44 0.31 0.79
BIRO2 BIRCH LAKE 750.5 751.33 1.15 2.24
SKLO2 SKIATOOK LAKE 714.0 713.12 0.39 1.29
HULO2 HULAH LAKE 733.0 733.95 0.72 1.07
CPLO2 COPAN LAKE 710.0 711.30 1.02 1.70
OOLO2 OOLOGAH LAKE 640.0 638.80 0.44 1.50
PENO2 GRAND LAKE 745.0 742.25 0.24 1.87
MFDO2 HUDSON LAKE 619.0 620.50 0.89 0.62
GIBO2 FORT GIBSON LAKE 554.0 556.15 1.99 0.73
TENO2 TENKILLER LAKE 632.0 632.86 0.16 0.81
EUFO2 EUFAULA LAKE 585.0 584.87 0.42 0.89
WSLO2 WISTER LAKE 478.0 479.76 0.50 1.57
MCCLELLAN-KERR NAVIGATION SYSTEM
INLO2 NEWT GRAHAM L&D 18 532.64 -0.10 3.20
WAGO2 CHOUTEAU L&D 17 512.08 0.43 1.79
WFLO2 WEBBERS FALLS L&D 16 489.75 0.29 0.87
KERO2 R. S. KERR L&D 15 459.83 0.12 0.94
MAYO2 W. D. MAYO L&D 14 411.59 -0.60 0.80
BARA4 BARLING L&D 13 391.98 0.54 1.08
WHITE RIVER BASIN
BVGA4 BEAVER LAKE 1120.4 1120.44 0.87 0.70
RED RIVER BASIN
CYDO2 SARDIS LAKE 599.0 599.34 0.23 1.03
HGLO2 HUGO LAKE 405.0 405.11 0.49 0.52
$$000 WWUS73 KJKL 112157 NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 457 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... .A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AS IT TRAVELS NORTHEAST OVER THE MIDWEST THIS EVENING. ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY BY EARLY EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH THE FRONT AND WILL CONTINUE AFTER THE FRONT PASSES. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-120500- /O.CON.KJKL.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T0900Z/ 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 457 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING EVEN AFTER THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT TIMES. THE DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BY EARLY EVENING...AND THERE MAY BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE STRONGEST WINDS. HOWEVER WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE EVENING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS OF 60 MPH OR MORE HAVE OCCURRED IN WESTERN KENTUCKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WELL BEHIND THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD DAMAGE... ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT IN MANY PLACES TREES HAVE ALREADY BEEN STRESSED BY THE RECENT ICE STORM. THE HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO BRING A RISK OF DOWNED UTILITY LINES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AS WELL...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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/SBH
000 WWUS73 KJKL 120453 NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1153 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT... .THE CENTER OF A VERY INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFFSHORE FROM NEW ENGLAND BY DAYBREAK. DAMAGING WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-120900- /O.CON.KJKL.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T0900Z/ 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 1153 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AS THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM KENTUCKY. AT 1100 PM EST TRIANGLE MOUNTAIN NEAR MOREHEAD WAS GUSTING TO 50 MPH AND THESE CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGETOPS. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD DAMAGE... ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT IN MANY PLACES TREES HAVE ALREADY BEEN STRESSED BY THE RECENT ICE STORM. THE HIGH WINDS WILL ALSO BRING A CONTINUED RISK OF DOWNED UTILITY LINES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AS WELL...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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/SBH/GV
000 WWUS73 KJKL 120847 NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 347 AM EST THU FEB 12 2009 ...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS DIMINISHING... .THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL END EARLY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-121000- /O.EXP.KJKL.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T0900Z/ 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 347 AM EST THU FEB 12 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH HAS ENDED...HOWEVER GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. $$ WJM
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, 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 this high wind warning went out at Feb 10, 1:00 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 1:00 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 100 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 .SHORT TERM.../THE REST OF TODAY/ SHORT TERM MODELS...NAM AND GFS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS WITH REGARDS TO PRECIPITATION PATTERNS. OVERALL...THE NAM APPEARS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON THE CURRENT...NARROW BAND OF SHOWER ACTIVITY AFFECTING MAINLY OUR NORTHWESTERN AREAS. BUT THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT TREND SOUTHWARD PER THE GFS AND SREF. THE SREF LOOKED TO BE THE BEST COMPROMISE AND ACCORDINGLY MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO POPS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. THIS RESULTED IN A CUT IN POP ACROSS OUR FAR SOUTHERN ZONES...INTO THE LOW CHANCE CATEGORY WITH A FAIRLY SHARP GRADIENT NORTHWARD FROM THERE TO CAT POP GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR. OTHERWISE..MADE SOME SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS FOR MOST RECENT HOURLY TRENDS AND TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME TEMPORARY PARTIAL CLEARING EXPECTED IN THE SOUTH. UPDATED FORECAST PRODUCTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY/ MAIN EVENT WILL BE A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM PASSING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MIDWEST AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE LOCAL AREA. STRONG WIND FIELDS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. THE WRF AND GFS DIFFERED A BIT ON THE TIMING OF THE FRONT AND THE TIMING OF THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS...BUT BOTH MODELS FROM 00Z HAD THE POTENTIAL. THE OPERATIONAL GFS WAS FASTER THAN THE WRF. HOWEVER... THERE WERE MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF THE GFS ENSEMBLE WITH A SLOWER MOVEMENT...SUPPORTING THE POSSIBILITY OF PRECIP LINGERING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HAVE TAKEN A BROAD BRUSH APPROACH FOR THE STRONG WINDS...ALLOWING A LENGTHY PERIOD DURING WHICH HIGH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS ALOFT AND LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE SUPPORTIVE OF GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH MAKING IT TO THE SURFACE SOMETIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT...EITHER JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT OR AFTER ITS PASSAGE. HAVE ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THIS. DEEP INSTABILITY IS ALSO INDICATED ALONG THE COLD FRONT...SUPPORTING AT LEAST A CHANCE OF THUNDER. WITH THE WIND FIELDS SO STRONG...IT WOULD NOT TAKE MUCH FOR SEVERE WINDS TO OCCUR WITH ANY STORMS. THE MODEL FORECAST OF STORM RELATIVE HELICITY ALONG THE FRONT IS VERY HIGH...SUPPORTIVE OF STORM ROTATION. HOWEVER...IT IS SO HIGH IN COMPARISON TO INSTABILITY...THAT THE BULK RICHARDSON NUMBERS ARE VERY LOW...SUGGESTING IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN ROTATING CELLS WITHOUT THEM BEING SHEARED APART. CAN NOT RULE OUT SUPERCELLS WITH HAIL OR TORNADOES...BUT THE BIGGEST THREAT WOULD SEEM TO BE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. CLOUDS WILL DECREASE AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM DEPARTS. .LONG TERM.../THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/ HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INTO THE REGION ON THURSDAY AND REMAIN IN CONTROL THROUGH FRIDAY. PROGS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON LOW PRESSURE SCOOTING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY BRINGING OUR NEXT THREAT FOR PRECIPITATION... THE BULK OF WHICH SHOULD BE RAIN. WILL ALLOW FOR A MIX OR CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AS SOME COLDER AIR WRAPS INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW. AFTER A BRIEF LULL ON SUNDAY... PROGS THEN INDICATE THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE ON MONDAY... WITH STRONGER 09/00Z ECMWF PRESENTATION OF THIS SYSTEM PREFERRED AT THIS TIME. OVERALL... OTHER THAN SATURDAY WHEN CLOUDS AND PRECIP SHOULD KEEP TEMPS SLIGHTLY UNDER CLIMO... TEMPS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD SHOULD REMAIN AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH ZONAL FLOW KEEPING THE ARCTIC AIR CONFINED WELL TO OUR NORTH. && .AVIATION.../18Z TO 18Z/...UPDATED THE MAIN BAND OF SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF EAST KENTUCKY IS SHOWING SIGNS OF RETREATING TO THE NORTH AS A RESULT OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS. WHILE THE POSSIBILITY OF A STRAY SHOWER AT OUR TAF SITES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...DO NOT EXPECT MUCH MORE THAN SOME SHOWERS IN THE VCNTY OF EACH AIRPORT THIS AFTERNOON. NEXT CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND SHEAR AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. WIND SHEAR WILL LIKELY SET UP TONIGHT AS SURFACE WINDS DROP OFF TO 10 KT OR LESS AND GRADIENT WINDS PICKUP ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER. SOUTHERLY GRADIENT WINDS INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW AND BECOME QUITE GUSTY. OF SPECIAL NOTE...THERE IS A HIGH WIND WATCH OUT FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW NIGHT. FOR THE TIME FRAME JUST BEYOND THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE QUITE STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS REACHING TO AROUND 60 MPH. STABILITY LOOKS VERY LIMITED FOR THUNDERSTORMS...BUT THERE WILL BE A POSSIBILITY OF STORMS ACCOMPANYING THE COLD FRONT WHICH PASSES THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AS WELL. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104- 106>120. && SHORT TERM...HAL/RAY LONG TERM....ABE AVIATION...RAY
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 7:08 AM EST, 7 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 708 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-111200- 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 708 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE MIDWEST WILL SEND A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. IT WILL BRING A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH HAIL OR ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT COMPLETELY BE RULED OUT. IN ADDITION...DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND ALSO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALSO...SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE ON WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND ANY HAIL IN THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 3:48 AM EST | High Wind Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 11 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.