Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Jackson, KY

196 
WWUS53 KJKL 271337
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
937 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

KYC199-271347-
/O.CAN.KJKL.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110427T1400Z/
PULASKI KY-
937 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3736 8449 3747 8447 3749 8445 3748 8438
      3754 8436 3752 8430 3753 8421 3757 8417
      3757 8412 3765 8414 3767 8411 3771 8411
      3752 8391 3720 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 1337Z 216DEG 59KT 3746 8423

$$

KYC065-109-125-203-271400-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110427T1400Z/
ESTILL KY-JACKSON KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-LAUREL KY-
937 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
LAUREL...ROCKCASTLE...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN ESTILL
COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM EDT...

AT 934 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUMMER...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  THREELINKS...ROCKFORD...EGLON...HURLEY...MORRILL...CLOVER BOTTOM...
  COLLINGSWORTH...SANDGAP...WANETA...KERBY KNOB...SHIRLEY...BRAZIL...
  HISEL...FOXTOWN...SAND SPRINGS...ALCORN...LAKES...LOCUST BRANCH...
  WIND CAVE AND BLANTON FLATS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3736 8449 3747 8447 3749 8445 3748 8438
      3754 8436 3752 8430 3753 8421 3757 8417
      3757 8412 3765 8414 3767 8411 3771 8411
      3752 8391 3720 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 1337Z 216DEG 59KT 3746 8423
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN

$$

SHALLENBERGER

578 
WWUS53 KJKL 271352
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
952 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

KYC125-203-271402-
/O.CAN.KJKL.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110427T1400Z/
ROCKCASTLE KY-LAUREL KY-
952 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LAUREL AND
ROCKCASTLE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3739 8411 3742 8412 3745 8413 3748 8415
      3750 8416 3754 8419 3757 8417 3756 8409
      3765 8414 3767 8411 3770 8411 3770 8410
      3752 8391 3736 8408
TIME...MOT...LOC 1352Z 216DEG 59KT 3766 8404

$$

KYC065-109-271400-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110427T1400Z/
ESTILL KY-JACKSON KY-
952 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN ESTILL COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM EDT...

AT 951 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLACKBURN...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF IRVINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3739 8411 3742 8412 3745 8413 3748 8415
      3750 8416 3754 8419 3757 8417 3756 8409
      3765 8414 3767 8411 3770 8411 3770 8410
      3752 8391 3736 8408
TIME...MOT...LOC 1352Z 216DEG 59KT 3766 8404
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

GEOGERIAN

318 
WWUS53 KJKL 271358
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
958 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

KYC065-109-271409-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110427T1400Z/
ESTILL KY-JACKSON KY-
958 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN ESTILL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 AM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH ARE STILL 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3739 8411 3742 8412 3745 8413 3748 8415
      3750 8416 3754 8419 3757 8417 3756 8409
      3765 8414 3767 8411 3770 8411 3770 8410
      3752 8391 3736 8408
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 216DEG 59KT 3775 8395

$$

GEOGERIAN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
743 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

.SHORT TERM.../TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/

CURRENT SURFACE MAP FEATURES DWINDLING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES...WITH A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM TX INTO
AR. EASTERN KENTUCKY REMAINS IN THE WARM SECTOR...WITH DOWNSLOPE
WINDS SHUNTING INTENSE ONGOING CONVECTION OFF TO THE WEST. MOST OF
THE BROADER VALLEYS AND RIDGETOPS ARE WELL MIXED...HOLDING IN THE
MIDDLE 60S...WHILE SOME OF THE MORE SHELTERED HAVE COOLED DOWN TO THE
MID AND UPPER 50S.

BIGGEST CONCERNS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS CONTINUE TO BE SEVERE AND
FLOODING THREATS. THE MODELS GENERALLY AGREE WITH BRINGING A COUPLE
OF AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE THROUGH THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS...THE
FIRST BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THE SECOND AND GENERALLY MORE
INTENSE ONE BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE ARE STILL SOME MINOR
TIMING...AND INTENSITY ISSUES...SO HAVE CONTINUED TO USE AN ENSEMBLE
APPROACH...WHICH MAINTAINS GOOD CONTINUITY WITH THE INHERITED GRIDS.

REGARDING THE SEVERE THREAT...INSTABILITY CONTINUES TO BE THE
INGREDIENT IN DOUBT. DESPITE THE MORE THAN AMPLE VEERING WIND
PROFILE THAT WILL BE IN PLACE...THE LATEST NAM SOUNDING DATA HAS
VERY LITTLE INSTABILITY TO WORK WITH AS THE FIRST SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE LIFTS THROUGH BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...SO THE SEVERE THREAT
LOOKS LESS FAVORABLE FOR THIS FIRST ROUND.

THE SECOND AND MORE INTENSE SYSTEM WILL TAKE AIM AT THE AREA BY EARLY
THIS EVENING. INSTABILITY WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OUT AHEAD OF THE
MAIN COLD FRONT AND THE MORE VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE TROUGH TO ROTATE
THROUGH THE AREA. THE WIND PROFILE BECOMES MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL...SO
BY FAR DAMAGING WIND CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE THE BIGGEST THREAT. ANY
TORNADIC ACTIVITY LOOKS TO BE OF THE QLCS NATURE...UNLESS SOMETHING
MORE SUPERCELL-LIKE CAN HOLD ON AS IT COMES IN FROM THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY...WHERE THE BETTER BALANCE OF INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL BE.
THE SEVERE THREAT WILL END BEFORE 06Z AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA.

REGARDING THE FLOODING CONCERNS...THE LATEST 21Z SREF PROBABILITY OF
EXCEEDING 2 INCHES IN 24 HOURS HAS CONTINUED TO SHUNT THE HIGHER
VALUES TO THE WEST OF THE AREA FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE
NIGHT...HOWEVER WITH THE HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN PLACE AND
THE WINDOW OF GOOD FORCING...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT STILL LOOMS
ACROSS THE AREA. THE WESTERN TIER OF COUNTIES WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST
THREAT...WHERE DOWNSLOPE WILL HAVE THE LEAST INFLUENCE. FURTHER
EAST...THE THREAT WILL BE LESS.

THE CONVECTION WILL END BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AS THE COLD FRONT
AND DEEPER MOISTURE EXIT OFF TO THE EAST. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH
DROPPING DOWN IN CYCLONIC FLOW BY THURSDAY NIGHT MAY PROVIDE ENOUGH
FORCING FOR SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS...SO HAVE LEFT THIS IN THE FORECAST.

FOR TEMPERATURES...HAVE FOLLOWED SUIT WITH THE COOLER TREND TO THE
HIGHS TODAY...BUT WILL STILL REMAIN ON THE HIGH SIDE OF GUIDANCE...WITH
THE DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT TO THE LOW LEVEL WIND. GENERALLY BLENDED
THEREAFTER BETWEEN THE GUIDANCE AND THE INHERITED NUMBERS.

.LONG TERM.../FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/

THE MAIN FEATURE OF THE EXTENDED IS THE FRONT DEVELOPING ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND TRACKING EAST INTO THE TN AND OH VALLEYS BY
THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK.

THE LATEST RUNS OF THE GFS AND EURO HAVE DIVERGED EVEN MORE BUT
ALSO BOTH MODELS SHOWING A GENERAL SLOWING TREND. AND WHILE THE EURO
CONTINUES TO HOLD TO THE SLOWING TREND...THE GFS DISPLAYS A QUICK
PASSAGE. WITH SUCH AN AMPLIFIED PATTERN AND VIGOROUS RIDGE IN THE
ATLANTIC...WOULD THINK A SLOWER TREND OR APPROACH WOULD BE THE BEST.

HOWEVER...ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ARE QUITE OFF FROM THEIR MEANS AND THE
GFS AND EURO AS WELL. GIVEN ALL THIS INFORMATION...DECIDED NOT TO
MAKE ANY CHANGES ON THE TIMING IN THE GRIDS WITH SKY AND POPS.
TEMPERATURES SEEM TO BE ON TRACK TOO WITH THE TYPE OF AIR MASS ON
TAP. DID MAKE A FEW COSMETIC CHANGES TO THE SKY LATER IN THE WEEK.

OVERALL...WHILE THEIR IS SOME UNCERTAINTIES WITH THIS FEATURE...IN
BOTH EXAMPLES THE QPF IS BRIEF WITH NO EVIDENCE AT THIS POINT OF A
STALLED WARM FRONT OUT A HEAD OF THE SYSTEM. ALSO THE UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH DOES TRANSITION FROM A POSITIVE TILT TO A NEGATIVE ON WED.
WOULD VENTURE TO SUGGEST A QUICKER PASSAGE OF THE TROUGH AXIS AND
THEREFORE A QUICKER END TO PRECIP...GIVEN THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE
IS MINIMAL. SO WILL DOWNPLAY FLOOD POTENTIAL WITH THIS SYSTEM AT
THIS TIME.

PREVIOUS LONG TERM DISCUSSION...COOLER AND LESS ACTIVE WEATHER
FINALLY RETURNS BY THURSDAY INTO THE START OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.
ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATE NEXT
WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...PROVIDING ANOTHER ROUND OF
POTENTIALLY UNSETTLED WEATHER.

BY FRIDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION AND PROVIDE A
FAIRLY PLEASANT END TO THE WEEK AND A NICE...DRY START TO THE
UPCOMING WEEKEND.

BY SATURDAY NIGHT...MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE A BIT ON THE TIMING OF
OUR NEXT FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE GFS IS ALREADY TRENDING SLOWER WITH
THE FRONT...AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT TYPICALLY OCCURS IN THE
EXTENDED. THUS...GOING TO DELAY THE ARRIVAL OF POPS SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY. I REALLY LIKE THE TIMING OF THE FRONT IN THE
ECMWF...WAITING UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY TO BRING THE
FRONT ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. THUS...WILL RESERVE THE BETTER POPS
FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THERE COULD BE SOME ACTIVITY SNEAKING
INTO EAST KENTUCKY AS EARLY AS SATURDAY NIGHT...SO OPTING TO AT
LEAST KEEP SOME LOW POPS IN THE FORECAST.

GOING TO KEEP TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO GUIDANCE...WITH TEMPERATURES
SLOWLY WARMING THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION.../12Z TO 12Z/...UPDATED

SURFACE ANALYSIS AS OF 1130Z SHOWS THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH OVERNIGHTS CONVECTION SWINGING
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE TN VALLEY. TIME OF ARRIVAL ESTIMATES SHOWER
ACTIVITY INTO SME AND LOZ IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS SO HAVE THAT IN
THE TAFS AT ABOUT 13Z TO 14Z. DID KEEP IN THE THE STRONGER WINDS GUSTS
TODAY AS THE STRONGER WINDS MIX TO THE SURFACE TODAY. TRENDS IN SHORT
TERM MODELS AND MODEL SOUNDINGS HAVE STRONGER CONVECTION MOVING
THROUGH THE AREA BY 20Z TODAY SO WILL DROP TAF SITES TO IFR AT THOSE
TIMES. AT THIS POINT...HAVE THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH AFTER 00Z
TONIGHT AND HAVE THE ASSOCIATED WIND SHIFT. STILL UNSURE OF ANY LOW
CEILINGS AND REDUCTION TO VIS BUT WITH LINGERING SHOWERS WENT AHEAD
AND PUT IN IFR CEILINGS AND A MVFR VIS.

&&

.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR KYZ044-050>052-
058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120.

&&

SHORT TERM...GEOGERIAN
LONG TERM....KAS/SHALLENBERGER
AVIATION...SHALLENBERGER

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
850 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106-108-109-111-
112-114>117-281600-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE-BREATHITT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-
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...CAMPTON...
SALYERSVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN
850 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...TORNADO WATCH 229 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. A SIGNIFICANT
SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING WITH DAMAGING AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THE
PRIMARY THREAT. ADDITIONALLY...LARGE HAIL AND MULTIPLE TORNADOES ARE
ALSO A POSSIBILITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY
RAINFALL AND COULD TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS...LEADING TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...OR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THROUGH TONIGHT.

KYZ107-110-113-118>120-281600-
JOHNSON-FLOYD-KNOTT-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAINTSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...
WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE
850 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. A SIGNIFICANT
SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING WITH DAMAGING AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THE
PRIMARY THREAT. ADDITIONALLY...LARGE HAIL AND MULTIPLE TORNADOES ARE
ALSO A POSSIBILITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY
RAINFALL AND COULD TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS...LEADING TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...OR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THROUGH TONIGHT.

GEOGERIAN/GREIF

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
700 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-272300-
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
700 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A COMPLEX AND STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL EVENTUALLY PASS
THROUGH THE REGION...BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION THIS
EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS...A COUPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON.

AS THE FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS
EVENING...CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE
WEATHER. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT FROM ANY
STORM THAT DEVELOPS...HOWEVER LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
ALSO A POSSIBILITY. THE MOST ORGANIZED STORMS COULD YIELD A SUSTAINED
PATH OF SEVERE WEATHER AS THEY TRACK THROUGH THE AREA.

IN ADDITION...THE FRONT...AND ANY STORMS THAT IT SPAWNS...WILL BE
SLOW TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
TONIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO A POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND THUS A POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING.

BY LATE TONIGHT...TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 1
TO 3 INCH RANGE...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN FAR EASTERN KENTUCKY...AND
HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AND WEST OF I-75. IF THESE AMOUNTS
MATERIALIZE...FLOODING WILL BECOME PROBABLE ALONG THE RED RIVER...AS
WELL AS ON PORTIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND AND KENTUCKY RIVERS.

ANY CHANGES IN THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THIS SYSTEM WILL AFFECT
THE TIMING OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AS WELL AS TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES TO THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

GEOGERIAN/SHALLENBERGER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
818 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

KYZ079-083-084-271300-
PULASKI-WAYNE-MCCREARY-
818 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
THROUGH 900 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING...

   SOUTHERN PULASKI...
   WAYNE AND
   MCCREARY.

AT 818 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 8 MILES
WEST OF SUNNYBROOK...OR NEAR ALBANY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...SUNNYBROOK
AROUND 825 AM EDT...SLICKFORD AROUND 830 AM EDT...MOUNT PISGAH AROUND
835 AM EDT...PARMLEYSVILLE AROUND 840 AM EDT...AND CO-OPERATIVE
AROUND 845 AM EDT.

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE
INCH PER HOUR...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.

GREIF