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NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 5, 9:40 AM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1040 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2002 14Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A WEAK COLD FRONT DROPPING THROUGH EAST KENTUCKY. DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 70S ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND SOUTH WHILE THEY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER TO THE NORTH. ON SATELLITE...THINGS ARE PRETTY QUIET ATTM...BUT EXPECT THE ACTIVITY TO BEGIN WITH THE AFTERNOON HEATING. MORNING AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF A CAP WITH THE USUAL SUMMERTIME LIS IN THE -6 TO -8 RANGE AND PWS AROUND 1.6 INCHES. ACCORDINGLY WILL UPDATE THE FORECAST PACKAGE TO RAISE POPS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE FRONT. REST LOOKS GOOD. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. .JKL...NONE. GREIF -------------------------------------------------------------------- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 500 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2002 ETA/NGM TRENDING STRONGER WITH UPPER HIGH OVER MS VALLEY. NGM DEEPER WITH UPPER LOW IN EASTERN CANADA. AVN FAIRLY CONSISTENT. ETA/NGM TRENDING HIGHER WITH SURFACE PRESSURE OVER OHIO VALLEY...ESPECIALLY ETA. LOOKS LIKE WEAK COLD FRONT DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL IN/OH MIGHT MAKE IT AT LEAST PARTLY THROUGH CWA TODAY AND PROVIDE A BIT DRIER AIR FOR AT LEAST NORTHERN COUNTIES BY TONIGHT. UNSTABLE AIR THIS AFTERNOON PLUS UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENT FLOW AND FAIRLY HIGH PW WILL AGAIN PROVIDE A SMALL CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON TSRA WITH SURFACE BOUNDARY SINKING SOUTHWARD. WILL NOT DIVERGE A WHOLE LOT FROM GUIDANCE. -------------------------------------------------------------------- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 900 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002 LATEST REG SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM WEST TO EAST FROM MA TO N IL FROM LOW OFF OF NE COAST. THIS FRONT IS MAKING SLOW SOUTHWARD PROGRESS. A SFC TROUGH WAS NOTED OVER SOUTHERN OH. RECENT RADAR AND SAT TRENDS HAVE BEEN FOR CONVECTION TO DISSIPATE. SMALL CELL RECENTLY POPPED UP AND DISSIPATED JUST W OF CWA OVER CLARK CO KY. OVERALL...MUCH LESS CONVECTION OVER THE OH AND TN VALLEY REGION THAN PREVIOUS NIGHTS. INCLINATION WOULD BE TO LOWER POPS TO 20 OR TAKE THEM OUT ALTOGETHER. MODELS TRY TO TAKE A WEAK VORT INTO CENTRAL KY TONIGHT...BUT COVERAGE OF ANY CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE SHOULD BE LIMITED. SOME HINT ON WV IMAGERY OF WEAK VORT OVER S OH AND SFC TROUGH OVER S OH IS PROBABLY A SFC REFLECTION OF THIS. NOT MUCH HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS FEATURE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. TYPICAL EAST KY FOG EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT...BUT SETUP IS NOT IDEAL FOR DENSE FOG. TEMPS LOOK ON TARGET. WILL LIKELY ISSUE AN UPDATE IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO TO CUT OR REMOVE POPS. .JKL...NONE. PELTON --------------------------------------------------------------------- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 257 PM EDT THU JUL 4 2002 AS OF 18Z...MAIN DEWPOINT GRADIENT/FRONT LOCATED ACROSS THE LAKE SHORES OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES AND DRIFTING SOUTHWARD. CONVECTION JUST BEGINNING ALONG THIS LINE AND ALONG A PRE FRONTAL AXIS CLIPPING SOUTHEAST OHIO. TEMPS ACROSS OUR CWA ARE AROUND 85 TO 90 WITH DEWPOINTS AROUND 70. KEEPING CHANCE POPS FOR THE BIG CELEBRATIONS TONIGHT WITH PRE FRONTAL AXIS DROPPING SOUTHWARD AND FOR THE CONVECTION BEGINNING TO OUR EAST AND SOUTH. QUITE UNSTABLE WITH PLENTIFUL AFTERNOON HEATING. POP CHANCES DROPPING OFF AFTER SUNSET. NOT MENTIONING FOG TONIGHT. S/W PUNCHING INTO THE FAR NE U.S. FROM CANADA...PUSHING FRONT RIGHT ALONG THERE. FOR US...THE FRONT LOOKS TO LOSE SOME OF ITS SURFACE CONVERGENCE ALTHOUGH A NICE BOUNDARY EXITS AT H8 FOR FRIDAY. WE LOOK CAPPED WITH WARMING TEMPS/RISING HEIGHTS ALOFT...SO HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE WORDING FRI. META SUGGESTING MUCH DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO OUR CWA BEHIND THIS WEAK FRONT. NOT CONFIDENT IN THE EXTENT OF THIS DRYING...BUT IT WILL BE A SLIGHT RELIEF FROM THE CURRENT. NEXT SYSTEM THAT TRIES TO APPROACH US COMES NEAR MID WORK WEEK. TIMING IS HARD TO PLACE...AS RIDGE RETROGRADES WEST AND TRANSITION TAKES PLACE. MENTIONING CHC POPS FOR MON THRU WED...CLEANING IT UP BY THU. TEMPS IN THE NEAR TERM REMAIN WARM...CLOSE TO MOS. IN THE EXTENDED...ADJUSTED GUIDANCE TO A BIT SLOWER FRONTAL PASSAGE. IFPS/GFE: SMALL ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO EXTD...WORKED WITH FRI FROPA SCENARIO...LOADED DAY 7...LOADED FIRST 60 HRS T/TD/WINDS. .JKL...NONE. OUDEMAN
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were down along Kentucky Highway 1812 between Landsaw and Malaga. Large branches were also down and blocking Kentucky Highway 1261.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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