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 May 13, 2:15 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 315 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002 06Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS TWO CENTERS OF LOW PRESSURE...ONE NEAR CLE AND ANOTHER NEAR MEM...ALONG A WAVY FRONT PRESSING INTO KENTUCKY FROM THE NORTHWEST. ON RADAR...THE NEAREST MCS DIED OUT JUST BEFORE IT GOT HERE...BUT ITS GUST FRONT WAS ABLE TO SUSTAIN A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CROSSING OUR NORTHEAST COUNTIES. JUST SCATTERED STRATIFORM RAIN FOLLOWS THIS. ON SATELLITE...THE CLOUDS HAVE WARMED OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE FRONT WHILE COOLER CLOUD TOPS ARE PRESSING EAST INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA ON THAT PART OF THE FRONT. EXPECT THESE TO MOVE EAST DURING THE MORNING AS THINGS BECOME ACTIVE AGAIN IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. THE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE PERIOD AS THE TROUGH FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS PASSES THROUGH TODAY AND ANOTHER DROPS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY FROM CANADA TONIGHT. THE AVN IS JUST A TOUCH FASTER THAN THE OTHER TWO AT 18 HOURS BUT THIS IS INCON- SEQUENTIAL TO OUR WEATHER TODAY. THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED EASTERN TROUGH THEN SLIDES EAST RETURNING KENTUCKY TO ZONAL FLOW. SEVERAL SHORTWAVES WILL PASS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY IN THIS FAST FLOW LATER IN THE WEEK. AS FOR SENSIBLE WEATHER...THE MESSY SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED BEFORE FROPA. HIGH PWS...IN THE 1.8 INCH RANGE...AND PLENTY OF UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE WILL CONTINUE OUR THREAT OF HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINS. ACCORDINGLY...WILL ISSUE A STATEMENT LATER THIS MORNING UPDATING THE STATUS OF THE FFA. THE WINDS WILL BE QUITE BREEZY JUST AHEAD OF AND AFTER FROPA. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO SLOWLY FALL IN THE RAIN AND COLD POOLS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER, AND EVENTUALLY IN CAA ON NORTHWEST WINDS. FOR TONIGHT...NOT AS CLEAR CUT AS MOST POST FRONTAL EVENTS. THE SECONDARY TROUGH...UPSLOPE FLOW...AND PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEP A RISK OF SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. WILL GO WITH A SMALL (20 TO 30) POPS TONIGHT FOR MOST OF MY CWA. FOLLOWING THIS THE WEATHER WILL BE MUCH MORE STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH HIGH PRESSURE AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH THURSDAY. BY THE END OF THE WEEK THOUGH ANOTHER FRONT BEGINS PRESSING DOWN TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY WITH WAVES RIPPLING ALONG IT. LOOKS LIKE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE JUSTIFIED FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY WHEN THE MAIN SYSTEM PULLS OUT SIMILAR TO THE ONE WE ARE FACING TODAY. PREFER THE COOLER NGM MOS NUMBERS TONIGHT...THE REST ARE SIMILAR... DID NOT DEVIATE MUCH. AS FOR IFPS/GFE...POPULATED GRIDS WITH MESOETA TEMPS/WINDS THROUGH 60 HOURS. VERY LITTLE CHANGED BEYOND THAT. WORK ZONES AVAILABLE BEFORE TOO LONG IN THE AFOS PRODUCT SDFOZFJKL. PRELIMINARY CCF LOZ 65/42 64/41 +2-0 JKL 66/41 62/45 +210 .JKL...FLOOD WATCH FOR ENTIRE CWA THROUGH 4 PM MONDAY. GREIF
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were downed by strong winds across the southern half of Laurel County.
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