Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Jackson, KY

197 
WWUS53 KJKL 312119
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
519 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

KYC133-312130-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0202.000000T0000Z-120731T2130Z/
LETCHER KY-
519 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
LETCHER COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ERMINE...OR NEAR WHITESBURG...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHITCO...ICE...DONGOLA...EOLIA...DAY...OVEN FORK...TRAILER...
  OSCALOOSA AND MAGGARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3709 8292 3710 8291 3715 8280 3715 8265
      3714 8265 3711 8272 3709 8272 3698 8287
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 045DEG 10KT 3711 8282
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
JACOBSON

153 
WWUS53 KJKL 312129
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
529 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

KYC133-312139-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0202.000000T0000Z-120731T2130Z/
LETCHER KY-
529 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LETCHER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 3709 8292 3710 8291 3715 8280 3715 8265
      3714 8265 3711 8272 3709 8272 3698 8287
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 045DEG 10KT 3709 8284

$$

JACOBSON

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
418 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 335 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

CONVECTION THAT WAS OVER SE COUNTIES HAS DIMINISHED...THOUGH CU
REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. UPPER LEVEL
RIDGING REMAINS IN PLACE NEAR THE TX AND OK PANHANDLE REGIONS AT MID
AFTERNOON WITH TROUGH GENERALLY FROM CENTRAL CANADA DOWN THROUGH THE
GREAT LAKES TO THE EASTERN SEABOARD. NW FLOW ALOFT IS IN PLACE
BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS. A SHORTWAVE IN THIS NW FLOW IS CURRENTLY
MOVING THROUGH ONTARIO AND THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND IS APPROACHING
THE UPPER OH RIVER VALLEY. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM OVERNIGHT
CONVECTION HAS LOST SOME DEFINITION...BUT IS PROBABLY STILL IN PLACE
TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE REGION IN NORTHERN KY. FURTHER TO THE
NORTHWEST A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH
THE GREAT LAKES IS STARTING TO APPROACH THE OH VALLEY.

THE SHORTWAVE WILL PASS BY TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE AREA
LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ALTHOUGH MODELS HINT AT ANOTHER WEAK
SHORTWAVE POSSIBLY MOVING ACROSS THE REGION ON WED AS WELL. INSTABILITY
PARAMETERS SUGGEST THAT ISOLATED CONVECTION COULD STILL DEVELOP OVER
THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RECENT UPPER LEVEL
RADAR SCANS SUGGEST SHOWERS TRYING TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN
COUNTIES. OTHERWISE...CONVECTION THAT IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OUR NW
IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT AND POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE OLD
OUTFLOW SHOULD AFFECT THE NORTHWEST OR NORTHERN SECTIONS DURING THE
EVENING AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES BY TO THE NORTHEAST. MEANWHILE COLD
FRONT NOW NORTHEAST OF THE OH VALLEY WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE REGION
TONIGHT AND WILL BECOME RATHER DIFFUSE BY WED...BUT STILL MAY BE A
FOCUS FOR CONVECTION IN THE FAR EAST...ESPECIALLY WHEN COUPLED BY
THE POTENTIAL SHORTWAVE CROSSING THE REGION. SFC AND UPPER LEVEL HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE AREA SHOULD LEAD TO DRY WEATHER FOR WED NIGHT.

CONFIDENCE IN AREAL EXTENT AND TIMING OF CONVECTION FROM LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY IN THE EVENING IS NOT ALL THAT HIGH...BUT SAT
AND RADAR TRENDS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE GUIDANCE SUGGESTS MORE
ACTIVITY THROUGH EARLY EVENING IN THE SOUTHEAST. THIS MAY THEN BE
FOLLOWED BY ISOLATED TO PERHAPS SCATTERED CONVECTION DURING THE MID
TO LATE EVENING OR EVEN OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH.

PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP TOWARD DAWN WHERE ANY PRECIP FALLS THIS
EVENING OR OVERNIGHT...AND THEN MORE TYPICAL VALLEY FOG ON WED NIGHT
WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE.

TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL AVERAGE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 418 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

WEAKENING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION OVERLAID BY NW FLOW
ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO BRING DRY WX AND MAINLY CLEAR SKIES THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT. AS THE HIGH CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...IT WILL LEAVE US IN
BETWEEN A LARGE SUBTROPICAL HIGH OVER THE ATLANTIC...AND LOW PRESSURE
OVER THE PLAINS WITH A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHERN
PLAINS. THE RESULTING WIND FLOW OVER THE LOCAL AREA WILL CARRY GULF
OF MEXICO MOISTURE NORTHWARD AGAIN...BRINGING INSTABILITY AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WILL USE ONLY 20-30 PERCENT
POP FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...DUE TO A LACK OF FEATURES AND LIGHT
FLOW ALOFT.

SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ESE OVER THE GREAT
LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY...BRING THE AFOREMENTIONED SURFACE COLD FRONT
WITH IT. THE INCREASING FLOW ALOFT AND THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE
INITIATION NEAR THE FRONT FRONT WILL PROVIDE A GREATER POP. THINK
THAT MOST PLACES WILL HAVE RAIN AT SOME POINT WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT
HAVE USED 50 PERCENT FOR BOTH PERIODS FOR NOW. WANTED TO AVOID 60 YET
BECAUSE OF TIMING UNCERTAINTY AT THE EXTENDED TIME FRAME.

PRECIP COULD LINGER INTO MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST...BUT
SHOULD END. DRY WEATHER AND SLIGHTLY LOWER HUMIDITY IS THEN EXPECTED
THROUGH TUESDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT AND PASSES BY TO OUR NORTH.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 150 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

INSTABILITY AS WELL AS A WEAK SHORTWAVE OR SHORTWAVES PASSING BY IN
THE FLOW AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL MAKE ISOLATED CONVECTION
POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THROUGH INTO THE AFTERNOON
BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND 22Z. LATER TONIGHT...AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT FROM THE NORTH MAY KICK OFF A FEW STORMS AFTER OZ ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS. WINDS
THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. GIVEN LOW CHANCES OF
CONVECTION...NO CB OR TSRA ARE FORECAST AT THE TAF SITES ATTM.

&&

.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...JP
LONG TERM....HAL
AVIATION...JP

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
410 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-011100-
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-
410 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND ALSO AT TIMES FROM FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GREIF/JP

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
433 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0428 PM     HAIL             HEMPHILL                37.22N 82.71W
07/31/2012  E0.88 INCH       LETCHER            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A SPOTTER REPORTED THAT HAIL STARTED A FEW MINUTES AGO
            AND IS STILL FALLING AS OF 430 PM EDT.

&&

JP

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
440 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0434 PM     HAIL             FLEMING-NEON            37.19N 82.70W
07/31/2012  E1.00 INCH       LETCHER            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE WAS REPORTED.

&&

JP

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
452 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0420 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N FLEMING-NEON        37.21N 82.70W
07/31/2012                   LETCHER            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A TREE WAS DOWNED ON HWY 315.

&&

TBREWER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
455 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

KYZ120-312115-
PIKE-
455 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTY THROUGH 515
PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

   EAST CENTRAL PIKE.

AT 454 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARGO...OR 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GILBERT CREEK...DRIFTING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...WOODMAN AROUND
515 PM EDT...

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP
TO ONE AND THREE QUARTER INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40
MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE IN THESE AREAS.

DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER THEN LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE A HAZARD.

PELTON

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
504 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     HAIL             MAYKING                 37.14N 82.76W
07/31/2012  E0.88 INCH       LETCHER            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

TBREWER