1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Dec 14, 7:05 AM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 705 AM EST FRI DEC 14 2001 SFC LOW MOVING QUICKLY TO THE NNE...LATEST SFC CHART SHOWING THE INTENSIFYING LOW NOW BETWEEN HOP AND EVV. MID LVL DRY PUNCH HAS MOVED INTO THE CWA QUICKER THAN EXPECTED. ALSO LL DOWNSLOPE WINDS HAVE INCREASED...AND THE MAIN PCPN BAND HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA VERY QUICKLY. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO LOWER POPS EVEN FURTHER. HOWEVER...WITH A PLETHORA OF FRONTS AND BOUNDARIES STILL TO MOVE THRU THE AREA I AM HESITANT TO REMOVE THE POPS ALL TOGETHER. WILL ALSO TWEAK THE WINDS UP A LITTLE MORE. 06Z MESOETA SHOWING 45-55 KTS RIGHT OFF THE DECK BUT VAD WIND PROFILE NOT SHOWING WINDS THAT STRONG YET. REST OF THE FCST DISCUSSION FROM EARLIER IS THE SAME AS FOLLOWS. HALL FCST CONCERNS INCLUDE TIMING THE ENDING OF THE PCPN TODAY/WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND CLEARING TRENDS TONIGHT. MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE TRACK OF THE SFC LOW AND THE MID AND UPPER LVL DRY SLOT THAT WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME MINOR DIFFERENCES STILL NOTED IN THE MODELS BUT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE MUCH EFFECT ON THE SENSIBLE WEATHER. ALL IN ALL THE CURRENT ZONE PACKAGE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD WITH ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED. HAND ANALYZED SFC CHART EARLY THIS MORNING SHOWING THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS LOCATED NEAR-JUST SOUTH OF MEM. FRONTAL BNDRY EXTENDS EASTWARD ACROSS CNTRL TN AND THEN INTO E KY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. RADAR IMAGES SHOWING PCPN STEADILY MOVING NE FROM THE TN VALLEY AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. THUS FAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE NOT BEEN TOO HEAVY. MODELS MOVE THE LOW NNE TODAY UP TOWARD PAH AND SDF AND ON INTO THE OHIO VALLEY FAIRLY QUICKLY. HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN TONIGHT AND MAKES WAY FOR A FAIRLY NICE SAT. AVN MODEL MOVES THE NEXT SYSTEM INTO THE PICTURE BY SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM APPEARS SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT WX MAKER AT HAND ONLY THE AVN TAKES THE LOW MORE EAST AND SLOWER AS WELL. ALL SAID AND DONE...A WET SUNDAY AFTERNOON THRU MONDAY THE WAY IT APPEARS ATTM. FOR TODAY WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS AND USE MAINLY THIS MORNING TYPE WORDING. STEEP LAPSE RATES THIS AFTERNOON MAY ALLOW SOME OF THE STRONG LL WINDS TO MIX DOWN SO WILL BEEF UP THE WIND WORDING SOME FOR THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPS UPPER 50S TO NEAR 60. MODELS SHOWING A LOT OF LL RH TRAPPED IN THE LOWER LEVELS TONIGHT ALONG WITH SOME UPSLOPE FLOW. DEBATING ON MOSTLY CLOUDY OR DECR CLOUDINESS WORDING. IF CLOUDS DO BREAK MUCH THEN FOG WOULD BECOME A PROBLEM. WILL PLAY THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR NOW AND MENTION FOG BUT NOT HIT IT HARD. SUNNY OR MOSTLY SUNNY ON SAT WITH HIGHS AROUND 50 OR SO. WILL GO WITH PC SAT NIGHT AS HIGH CLOUDS WILL BE INCR AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. WILL CONTINUE WITH RAIN CHANCES ON SUNDAY BUT WILL TWEAK THE DATA BASE TO INJECT MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON TYPE WORDING. LOOKS LIKE SHRAS LIKELY RIGHT ON INTO MONDAY. NOT MUCH IF ANY CHANGE PLANNED AT THIS TIME FOR THE BULK OF THE EXTENDED. NGM AND AVN MOS NUMBERS CLOSE AND WONT DEVIATE FAR. WHERE DIFFERENCES OCCUR WILL USE A BLEND. WILL TRY TO HAVE WORK ZONES OUT BEFORE TOO AWFUL LONG. COORDINATION WELCOME. .JKL...NONE. HALL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Non thunderstorm winds blew several trees down along Highway 36 north of Frenchburg. The city of Wellington was without electricity for a time as trees fell on power lines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, December 2001
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