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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Jackson, KY

January 29, 201333 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this wind advisory at Jan 29, 2013, 12:40 PM EST for 33 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 30, 2013, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 29, 2013, 12:40 PM EST (17:40 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 30, 2013, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 30, 2013, 11:44 PM EST
In force
23 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 17:38 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2013-01-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2013-01-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 286 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

032 
WWUS73 KJKL 291740
NPWJKL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1240 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...GUSTY WINDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.A STRENGTHEING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK INTO THE GREAT LAKES
TONIGHT AND THEN INTO ONTARIO BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL
SEND A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH LATE TONIGHT AND DURING
THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THIS LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL LEAD TO STRONG
WINDS AND GUSTS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...OUTSIDE OF
STRONG GUSTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND GUSTS SHOULD
OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>085-300145-
/O.NEW.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.130130T0600Z-130131T0300Z/
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG
1240 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY. 

* LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND INTO THE DAY ON
  WEDNESDAY. GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE ARE POSSIBLE LATE
  TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS NEARING
  50 MPH ANTICIPATED DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS AND GUSTS WILL TAPER
  OFF DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE AND
  UNSECURED OBJECTS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN WEAKLY ROOTED TREES
  IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW POWER
  OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

KYZ087-088-118-120-300145-
/O.NEW.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.130130T0600Z-130131T0500Z/
BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE
1240 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 


* LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST INITIALLY...IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE AT
  THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET...WITH GUSTS INCREASING
  TOWARD DAWN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. A FEW ISOLATED GUSTS NEAR 50
  MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING
  IN LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY DOWNWIND OF PINE MOUNTAIN AND BLACK
  MOUNTAIN. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON
  WEDNESDAY...WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE
  ANTICIPATED DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS AND GUSTS WILL TAPER OFF
  DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE AND
  UNSECURED OBJECTS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN WEAKLY ROOTED TREES
  IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW POWER
  OUTAGES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
  CROSSING THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

KYZ086-104-106>117-119-300145-
/O.NEW.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.130130T1200Z-130131T0500Z/
KNOX-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-
KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...SANDY HOOK...
WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...
PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...
HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ
1240 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH
  THE GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING. THE
  STRONGEST GUSTS NEARING 50 MPH ANTICIPATED DURING THE AFTERNOON.
  WINDS AND GUSTS WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE AND
  UNSECURED OBJECTS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN WEAKLY ROOTED TREES
  IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW POWER
  OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

JP
5 follow-up statements
544 
WWUS73 KJKL 300257
NPWJKL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
957 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...GUSTY WINDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK INTO THE GREAT LAKES
TONIGHT AND THEN INTO ONTARIO BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL
SEND A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH DURING THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL LEAD TO STRONG WINDS AND
GUSTS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...OUTSIDE OF STRONG
GUSTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND GUSTS SHOULD OCCUR
ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>085-301300-
/O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.130130T0600Z-130131T0300Z/
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG
957 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM EST
WEDNESDAY. 

* LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND INTO THE DAY ON
  WEDNESDAY. GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
  MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS NEARING 50 MPH ANTICIPATED
  DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS AND GUSTS WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE
  EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE AND 
  UNSECURED OBJECTS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN WEAKLY ROOTED 
  TREES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW 
  POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

KYZ087-088-118-120-301300-
/O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.130130T0600Z-130131T0500Z/
BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE
957 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST INITIALLY...IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE
  AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET...WITH GUSTS INCREASING
  TOWARD DAWN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. A FEW ISOLATED GUSTS NEAR 50
  MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING IN LOCATIONS
  IMMEDIATELY DOWNWIND OF PINE MOUNTAIN AND BLACK MOUNTAIN. SUSTAINED
  WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH THE
  STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE ANTICIPATED DURING THE
  AFTERNOON. WINDS AND GUSTS WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE LATE EVENING
  HOURS.

* IMPACTS...GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE AND 
  UNSECURED OBJECTS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN WEAKLY ROOTED 
  TREES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW 
  POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES CROSSING THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

KYZ086-104-106>117-119-301300-
/O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.130130T1200Z-130131T0500Z/
KNOX-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-
KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...SANDY HOOK...
WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...
PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...
HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ
957 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY... WITH
  THE GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING.
  THE STRONGEST GUSTS NEARING 50 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED DURING THE
  AFTERNOON. WINDS AND GUSTS WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING HOURS. 

* IMPACTS...GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE AND 
  UNSECURED OBJECTS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN WEAKLY ROOTED 
  TREES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW 
  POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

JP/DUSTY
103 
WWUS73 KJKL 300914 AAB
NPWJKL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
414 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...GUSTY WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...

.A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK INTO THE GREAT
LAKES EARLY TODAY AND THEN INTO ONTARIO BY THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM
WILL SEND A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH DURING THE DAY TODAY.
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL LEAD TO STRONG WINDS AND
GUSTS EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...OUTSIDE OF STRONG
GUSTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND GUSTS SHOULD OCCUR
THIS AFTERNOON.

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>085-301715-
/O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T0300Z/
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG
414 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

* SUSTAINED WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FROM EARLY THIS MORNING
  INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE ARE
  POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS NEARING 50 MPH
  ANTICIPATED DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS AND GUSTS WILL TAPER OFF
  DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE AND 
  UNSECURED OBJECTS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN WEAKLY ROOTED 
  TREES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW 
  POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

KYZ087-088-118-120-301715-
/O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T0500Z/
BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE
414 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

* WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST INITIALLY...IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE
  AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET...WITH GUSTS INCREASING
  TOWARD DAWN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. A FEW ISOLATED GUSTS NEAR 50
  MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING IN LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY
  DOWNWIND OF PINE MOUNTAIN AND BLACK MOUNTAIN. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL
  INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS IN THE
  45 TO 55 MPH RANGE ANTICIPATED DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS AND
  GUSTS WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE AND 
  UNSECURED OBJECTS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN WEAKLY ROOTED 
  TREES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW 
  POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES CROSSING THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

KYZ086-104-106>117-119-301715-
/O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.130130T1200Z-130131T0500Z/
KNOX-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-
KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...SANDY HOOK...
WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...
PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...
HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ
414 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

* SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...WITH THE
  GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING. THE
  STRONGEST GUSTS NEARING 50 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED DURING THE
  AFTERNOON. WINDS AND GUSTS WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE AND 
  UNSECURED OBJECTS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN WEAKLY ROOTED 
  TREES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW 
  POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

JP/AR
048 
WWUS73 KJKL 302128
NPWJKL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
428 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING...

.WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE OF AND BEHIND AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD GENERALLY OCCUR
JUST AFTER DARK.

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>085-310300-
/O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T0300Z/
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG
428 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

* SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING TO THE 15 TO 25 MPH
  RANGE. GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
  WINDS AND GUSTS WILL TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE AND 
  UNSECURED OBJECTS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN WEAKLY ROOTED 
  TREES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW 
  POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

KYZ087-088-118-120-310500-
/O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T0500Z/
BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE
428 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

* SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING TO THE 15 TO 25 MPH
  RANGE. GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
  WINDS AND GUSTS WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE AND 
  UNSECURED OBJECTS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN WEAKLY ROOTED 
  TREES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW 
  POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES CROSSING THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

KYZ086-104-106>117-119-310500-
/O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T0500Z/
KNOX-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-
KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...SANDY HOOK...
WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...
PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...
HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ
428 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

* SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING TO THE 15 TO 25 MPH
  RANGE. GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
  WINDS AND GUSTS WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE AND 
  UNSECURED OBJECTS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN WEAKLY ROOTED 
  TREES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW 
  POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

JP
329 
WWUS73 KJKL 310251
NPWJKL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
951 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING...

.WINDS THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE OF AND BEHIND AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT WILL BE GUSTY WITH PEAK WIND GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE.
THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD GENERALLY OCCUR JUST AFTER FRONTAL
PASSAGE.

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>085-310500-
/O.EXT.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T0500Z/
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG
951 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

* SUSTAINED WINDS WILL THIS EVENING WILL BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH
  RANGE. GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
  WINDS AND GUSTS WILL TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE AND 
  UNSECURED OBJECTS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN WEAKLY ROOTED 
  TREES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW 
  POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

KYZ087-088-118-120-310500-
/O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T0500Z/
BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE
951 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

* SUSTAINED WINDS WILL THIS EVENING WILL BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH
  RANGE. GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
  WINDS AND GUSTS WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE AND 
  UNSECURED OBJECTS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN WEAKLY ROOTED 
  TREES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW 
  POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES CROSSING THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

KYZ086-104-106>117-119-310500-
/O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T0500Z/
KNOX-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-
KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...SANDY HOOK...
WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...
PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...
HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ
951 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

* SUSTAINED WINDS WILL THIS EVENING WILL BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH
  RANGE. GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
  WINDS AND GUSTS WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE AND 
  UNSECURED OBJECTS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO BLOW DOWN WEAKLY ROOTED 
  TREES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW 
  POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

JP/DUSTY
463 
WWUS73 KJKL 310444
NPWJKL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1144 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

.THE HIGH WINDS THAT ACCOMPANIED THE COLD FRONT HAVE MOVED EAST OF
THE AREA. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY FOR SOME TIME NEITHER THE
STEADY WINDS NOR THE GUSTS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MEET ADVISORY
CRITERIA. 

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-310545-
/O.CAN.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T0500Z/
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
1144 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

THE HIGH WINDS THAT ACCOMPANIED THE COLD FRONT HAVE MOVED EAST OF
THE AREA. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY FOR SOME TIME NEITHER THE
STEADY WINDS NOR THE GUSTS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MEET ADVISORY
CRITERIA. EXPECT WINDS FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST TO CONTINUE AT 10
TO 20 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT AND
MOST OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY. WINDS WILL EASE AROUND SUNSET THURSDAY
EVENING BUT WILL FEEL BRISK WITH THE COLDER AIR THAT FOLLOWS THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE.

$$

DUSTY

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Jan 29, 9:04 AM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 9:04 AM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
904 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 904 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

WARM AIR ADVECTION HAS DRIVEN THIS MORNING TEMPERATURES INTO THE
LOWER 50S ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. SENT OUT SOME
UPDATED GRIDS TO ADDRESS THE EARLY MORNING WARMING TEMPS.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 300 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

THE PRIMARY WEATHER CONCERNS FOR THE FIRST THREE PERIODS OF THE
FORECAST WILL BE THE INCREASING WINDS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY.
THE MODELS ARE ALL IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT REGARDING THE TIMING OF
THE FORMATION OF A WELL DEVELOPED SQUALL LINE AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING AND VERY POTENT COLD FRONT TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE FRONT
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY DURING THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO RACE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA ALONG AND
JUST AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING FRONT ON WEDNESDAY. LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STEADILY STRENGTHEN ALONG AND IN
ADVANCE OF THE BOUNDARY. SUSTAINED SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WINDS COULD GUST TO
BETWEEN 35 AND 4O MPH AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY IN THE WESTERN THIRD OF
THE FORECAST AREA WHERE THE TERRAIN IS MUCH LOWER.

THE PRIMARY CONCERN FOR WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING
WINDS GUSTS WITH THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT WILL MOVE
QUICKLY ACROSS THE AREA. NOT FAR ABOVE THE SURFACE...WINDS OF 40-60
KTS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. SOME OF THE STRONGER
SHOWERS AND ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR MIXING
THESE WINDS TO THE SURFACE...WHICH COULD LEAD TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INCLUDED MOST OF EASTERN KENTUCKY IN
A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON WEDNESDAY...WITH DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS STEADILY INCREASING TODAY AND TONIGHT...SOUTH OF
A NORTHWARD ADVANCING WARM FRONT...WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO WILL POUR INTO THE AREA. HIGHS TODAY WILL LIKELY CLIMB TO
AROUND 70 ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE WARM TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST
ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL...WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S EXPECTED. THE
LOWER TEMPERATURES WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE EXPECTED PRECIPITATION
AND ASSOCIATED WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER AND THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD
FRONT. LOWS TONIGHT WILL ONLY DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S AS WINDS
CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH.

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 418 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

SEVERAL QUICK MOVING WX SYSTEMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION DURING THE
PERIOD...BUT PRECIP AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHT. CONSIDERING THE ACTIVE
FAST MOVING REGIME...THE FORECAST MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT FOR
THE LOCAL AREA.

THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL BE AN EXITING COLD FRONT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY MORNING. RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN THE UPSLOPE
COLD AIR ADVECTION COUPLED WITH THE PASSING OF THE MID/UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH AXIS MAY SUPPORT SOME LINGERING SHOWERS...WITH THE PRECIP TYPE
TRANSITIONING FROM RAIN TO SNOW ON WEDNESDAY EVENING.

A LULL IN PRECIP IS EXPECTED MID DAY THURSDAY BEFORE ANOTHER IMPULSE
WITH A REINFORCING PUSH OF COLDER AIR ARRIVES LATE THURSDAY INTO
EARLY FRIDAY. MOISTURE IS LIMITED...BUT THE MODELS CONTINUE TO WRING
OUT SOME LIGHT SNOW...AND WILL USE LOW CHANCE POPS FOR MEASURABLE
PRECIP.

YET ANOTHER IMPULSE SHOULD ROTATE THROUGH THE LARGER SCALE EASTERN
CONUS MID/UPPER TROUGH ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH A WEAK
SURFACE REFLECTION. TEMPS MAY VERY WELL WARM ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST A
PORTION OF PRECIP WHICH OCCURS TO FALL AS RAIN.

A STRONGER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES ON MONDAY...WITH ITS TRAILING COLD FRONT APPROACHING
THE LOCAL AREA WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ARRIVING FROM THE
WEST BY THE END OF THE DAY. WARM AIR ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE FRONT
SHOULD BRING TEMPS WELL ABOVE FREEZING...RESULTING IN LIQUID PRECIP.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 625 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

SCATTERED TO BROKEN LOW AND MIDDLE LEVEL CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. THE CLOUD BASES
WILL RAISE AND CLOUDS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH 3 OR 4Z
TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TODAY AS WELL...WITH
GUSTS OF UP TO 15 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN
MORE OVERNIGHT...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 6Z
TONIGHT...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA AROUND 9Z TOMORROW...WITH LOZ AND SME
POSSIBLY EXPERIENCING A THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 10Z. DAMAGING WINDS WILL
POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW.

&&

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

UPDATE...SHALLENBERGER
SHORT TERM...AR
LONG TERM....HAL
AVIATION...AR
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 4:34 AM EST, 8 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
434 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>086-104-106-108-111-114-
116-301200-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-
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...SANDY HOOK...
WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER
434 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE VERY LATE TONIGHT.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...WITH A SLIGHT RISK THAT
SOME OF THEM COULD BE SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO
CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

IN ADDITION TO THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD
OF THE FRONT WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH AT TIMES LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE GUSTY WINDS COULD CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY
BEHIND THE FRONT.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING AND
AGAIN LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION CAN NOT BE
RULED OUT DURING THESE TIMES...BUT NO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS ARE
FORESEEN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON WEDNESDAY.

KYZ087-088-107-109-110-112-113-115-117>120-301200-
BELL-HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-
LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN...
HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE
434 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

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.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...WITH A SLIGHT RISK THAT
SOME OF THEM COULD BE SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO
CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

IN ADDITION TO THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD
OF THE FRONT WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH AT TIMES LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE GUSTY WINDS COULD CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY
BEHIND THE FRONT.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING AND
AGAIN LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION CAN NOT BE
RULED OUT DURING THESE TIMES...BUT NO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS ARE
FORESEEN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON WEDNESDAY.

AR/HAL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 29, 8:59 AM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
859 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-292200-
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
859 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH KENTUCKY WEDNESDAY. A LINE
OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM AND MOVE THROUGH EASTERN
KENTUCKY FROM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MAIN
THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH A BRIEF
ISOLATED TORNADO ALONG THE LINE CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IN ADDITION TO
THE SEVERE THREAT...STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE FRONT WILL
LIKELY GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. EXACT TIMING OF THE SEVERE STORMS IS STILL BEING
DETERMINED. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES FOR THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

DUSTY/SHALLENBERGER

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.