Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Jackson, KY

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WWUS53 KJKL 261245
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
845 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

KYC011-069-173-205-261300-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0280.000000T0000Z-110926T1300Z/
MONTGOMERY KY-ROWAN KY-BATH KY-FLEMING KY-
845 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
FLEMING...BATH...WEST CENTRAL ROWAN AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 900
AM EDT...

AT 839 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 FLAT CREEK...OR 6 MILES WEST OF
OWINGSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OLYMPIA...BETHEL...CRAIGS...SLATE VALLEY...MARSHALL...PEASTICKS...
  ODESSA...POLKSVILLE...SHERBURNE...PEBBLE...WYOMING...MOORE'S
  FERRY...MIDLAND...GRANGE CITY...RAMEY...TILTON...HILLSBORO...RINGOS
  MILLS...SHARKEY AND SALT LICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN 
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

THIS IS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF THIS 
STORM...IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE 
WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND POSSIBLY 
TORNADOES. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD A TORNADO OCCUR OR A 
TORNADO WARNING BE ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3818 8348 3794 8397 3811 8408 3812 8408
      3815 8405 3818 8399 3819 8398 3830 8385
      3832 8384 3841 8373
TIME...MOT...LOC 1243Z 228DEG 44KT 3818 8382
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

BECKER

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
731 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

.SHORT TERM.../THE REST OF TODAY/

THE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK HAVE BOTH BEEN
UPDATED TO REFLECT THE ISSUANCE OF TORNADO WATCH 856. THE WATCH IS
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT.

THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS...

/TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/

THE VARIOUS SHORT TERM MODELS...NAM12...SREF...GFS...AND
CANADIAN...ALL STILL IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE CURRENT WEATHER
PATTERN...AND HOW THIS PATTERN WILL EVOLVE OVER THE NEXT 24-36 HOURS.
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS ONGOING ACROSS CENTRAL
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA...AND EASTERN OHIO. THIS LINE AS A
WHOLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD DURING THE DAY TODAY.
INDIVIDUAL STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. AS A
RESULT OF THESE TWO MODES OF MOTION...THE LINE OVERALL IS MOVING ONLY
VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST. A STRONG 40-50 KT LOW LEVEL JET...WILL
CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG WIND GUSTS TO DESCEND TO THE
SURFACE IN THE DOWNDRAFTS OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS FROM EARLY
THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO SLOW STORM MOVEMENT...AND THE MOVEMENT
OF MULTIPLE SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE SAME AREAS. GENERAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL BE AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WITH HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. WITH THE AMOUNT OF
MODEL AGREEMENT...THE OVERALL FORECAST WAS ONLY MODIFIED SLIGHTLY.
THE PRIMARY CHANGE WAS TO THE TIMING OF PRECIPITATION ONSET TODAY.
WITH THE SLOW SYSTEM AND CONVECTIVE LINE MOVEMENT...DECIDE TO SLOW
DOWN INITIAL PRECIPITATION ONSET BY AND HOUR OR TWO IN THE WESTERN
COUNTIES OF THE FORECAST AREA. ALSO KEPT PRECIPITATION IN THE EASTERN
COUNTIES AN HOUR OR TWO LONGER.

THE TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTS WERE ALSO IN GOOD SHAPE...WITH ONLY
MINOR TWEAKS NEEDED HERE AND THERE. THE WIND FORECAST WAS ADJUSTED
TOWARD A COMBINATION OF OBSERVED TRENDS AND THE LATEST SREF MODEL
DATA. THIS PRODUCED A UNIFORM AND ACCURATE WIND FIELD FOR TODAY AND
TOMORROW. WIDESPREAD LOW AND MIDDLE LEVEL CLOUD COVER WILL PERSIST
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS SUGGESTED IN THE LATEST MODEL
TIME HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS AND MOS DATA...AS AN UPPER LEVEL AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE SPINS SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES.

.LONG TERM.../WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/

THERE IS VERY GOOD AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 00Z RUNS OF THE ECMWF AND
GFS UNTIL THE WEEKEND...WHEN DIFFERENCES BECOME MORE APPARENT. EVEN
DURING THE WEEKEND...THE DIFFERENCES DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE MUCH
IMPLICATION FOR THE LOCAL AREA...WITH THE EFFECTS BEING MORE
IMPORTANT ELSEWHERE.

THE PERIOD STARTS WITH A SLOW MOVING...LONG LIVED BUT WEAKENING UPPER
LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES. ITS PROXIMITY WILL RESULT IN AN ONGOING
POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE
IN THE WESTERLIES WILL BE DIVING ESE TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. AS IT APPROACHES THE GREAT LAKES...THE OLD UPPER LOW WILL BE
ABSORBED BACK INTO THE WESTERLIES AND KICKED OUT TO THE NE. THE NEW
IMPULSE WILL BRING A SURGE OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...WITH THE COLD
FRONT FORECAST TO PASS THROUGH THE LOCAL AREA ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
MOISTURE WILL BE VERY LIMITED...BUT MODELS SQUEEZE OUT SOME LIGHT
RAIN...AND A 20-30 PERCENT POP WILL BE USED.

BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE SE FROM THE
NORTHERN PLAINS...REACHING THE OHIO VALLEY ON SUNDAY. IT IS EXPECTED
TO BRING FAIR BUT CHILLY WEATHER TO THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLD AIR WILL
DEEPEN OVER THE EASTERN CONUS AND SHOULD FORM ANOTHER CLOSED LOW
DURING THE WEEKEND. THE ECMWF AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE GFS ENSEMBLE
FORM THIS SYSTEM OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES...WHILE THE
OPERATIONAL GFS SHOWS IT OVER THE GULF OF MAINE. THE FURTHER SW
SOLUTIONS RESULT IN SHOWERS AS CLOSE AS WV ON SUNDAY. SHOULD THIS
UPPER LOW END UP BEING SLIGHTLY FURTHER WEST OF THE ECMWF...LOW POPS
WOULD NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. HOWEVER...AT THE PRESENT TIME THE POP IS
TOO LOW TO WARRANT MENTION IN THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY.
&&

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

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECTING LOZ AND SME BY 13
OR 14Z THIS MORNING...AND JKL BY 15Z. SOME OF THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. THE PRIMARY AVIATION CONCERNS THROUGH EARLY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON WILL BE THE THUNDERSTORMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED TURBULENT
WINDS AND LIGHTNING. THE STRONG COLD FRONT THAT IS PRODUCING THE
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. ONCE THE
FRONT HAS PASSED BY TO THE EAST...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND
COULD BE GUSTY FOR A BIT JUST AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH
GUSTS REACHING 20-25 MPH AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. MVFR CONDITIONS
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO HEAVY RAIN AND LOW
LEVEL CLOUD COVER.

&&

.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR KYZ044-050>052-
058>060-068-069-079-080-083>086-108-111-114-116.

&&

SHORT TERM...AR
LONG TERM....HAL
AVIATION...AR

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
702 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>086-108-111-114-116-
271415-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-WOLFE-LEE-OWSLEY-
CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...CAMPTON...
BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER
702 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

...TORNADO WATCH 856 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE
DAY TODAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INCIDENTS OF STORM DAMAGE TO
THEIR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSON.

KYZ087-088-104-106-107-109-110-112-113-115-117>120-271415-
BELL-HARLAN-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...
PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...
INEZ...PIKEVILLE
702 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION TODAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...WITH DAMAGING
WINDS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INCIDENTS OF STORM DAMAGE TO
THEIR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
JACKSON.

AR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
810 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

KYZ044-050-051-261245-
MONTGOMERY-BATH-FLEMING-
810 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 845
AM EDT MONDAY MORNING...

   NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY...
   NORTHWESTERN BATH AND
   NORTHWESTERN FLEMING.

AT 810 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SIDEVIEW...OR
8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...STOOPS AROUND
815 AM EDT...BETHEL AROUND 820 AM EDT...SHERBURNE AROUND 825 AM
EDT...CRAINTOWN AROUND 830 AM EDT...FLEMINGSBURG AROUND 835 AM EDT...

RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50
MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

JACOBSON