1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 28, 3:05 AM EST, 10 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 330 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002 NOW FIRMLY IN WARM SECTOR. ALL MODEL GUIDANCE SIMILAR IN KICKING RAIN OUT TONIGHT. WILL PUT NORTHERN COUNTIES IN FLOOD WATCH. FFG HAS ALREADY BEEN MET IN SEVERAL COUNTIES AND EXPECTING POSSIBLE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN. KEEPING WIND ADVISORY FOR HIGHER TERRAIN. PREVIOUS FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK FOR MOST PART. BEEFED UP STORM WORDING. LOWERED MAX TEMPS WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVER. COULD SEE SOME TROUBLE STORMS WITHIN A FEW HOURS. ANOTHER ROUND IS QUITE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH A COMBINATION OF INSTABILITY AND STRONG WIND PROFILE COULD SPELL TROUBLE FOR US...WITH A RELATIVELY LOW CONVECTIVE TEMP IN THE MID 70S. GOT TO GO. .JKL...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET IN FAR EASTERN KENTUCKY...KYZ087-088-115-117-118-120. HEINLEIN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
847 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0745 AM 6 W MT VERNON KY WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02 ROCKCASTLE TREES DOWNED AND PARTS OF
A BUILDING BLOWN OFF ON
WEBB JONES ROAD AT
WILLAILLA.KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-083>086-106>117-119-281400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 938 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELED... AT 930 AM THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER HAD MOVED EAST OF THE TORNADO WATCH BOX AND IS NO LONGER CURRENTLY A THREAT. HOWEVER...MORE STRONG STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED FOR ANOTHER SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT COMING OUT SOON WHICH WILL EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR LATER TODAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...AND THE INTERNET FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/JKL. HEINLEIN
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-290000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1019 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002 ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER...THE GREATEST RISK WILL BE GENERALLY NORTH OF THE DANIEL BOONE PARKWAY AND ROUTE 80. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL FUEL THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. HOWEVER...STRONG AND VEERING WINDS ALOFT WILL ALSO BE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MID AFTERNOON IN NORTHERN AREAS AROUND MOUNT STERLING...FLEMINGSBURG...AND MOREHEAD. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL TRANSITION SOUTHEAST TO AREAS NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER BY EARLY THIS EVENING. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE WEATHER SITUATION AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER. HAL
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:18 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three trees were down at the Paintsville Country Club. Also, a golf cart with two men on board was lifted off of the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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