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 Sep 14, 1:57 PM EST, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 257 PM EDT SAT SEP 14 2002 HANNAH AND HER MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT IN TOWARDS THE REGION THIS EVENING. HEAVIER PRECIP LOOKS TO BE MORE IN EASTERN TN AND WESTERN VA. HAVE POPS VERY SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS PACKAGE. CARRYING 60 IN THE SOUTHEAST AND 50 ELSEWHERE FOR THIS EVENING. GOING WITH 60 FOR MOST LOCATIONS TOMORROW...WITH THE FRONT MOVING IN. MONDAY LOOKS LIKE A NICE DAY...HOWEVER TUESDAY IS IN QUESTION AS ETA AND AVN HAS SOME MOISTURE WORKING ITS WAY BACK INTO THE AREA. WILL STICK WITH PARTLY CLOUDY FOR NOW. TWEAKED TEMPS DOWN A LITTLE TOMORROW. COUNTING ON THE CLOUD COVER TO FILL IN THE DRY SLOT BETWEEN THE FRONT AND HANNAH. EXTENDED...THE ETA AND AVN HAVE A TROUGH THAT DEVELOPS IN THE TX-AR BORDER...HOWEVER AT THIS TIME WILL NOT PUT GREAT CONFIDENCE IN THIS FEATURE. FOR NOW WILL INCREASE CLOUDS AND INTRODUCE A SILENT 20. GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE MAIN TROUGH AFFECTING US TOWARD THE LATTER PART OF THE UPCOMING WORKWEEK. TIMING...INTENSITY...AND POSITION IN QUESTION HOWEVER. LONG RANGE AVN HAD MAJOR CHANGES FROM YESTERDAYS RUN. FOR NOW...WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS FOR THU AND FRI...WITH SAT CLEARING OUT AND COOLING DOWN. .JKL...NONE. GEOGERIAN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1020 AM EDT SAT SEP 14 2002 88D HAS A SMALL AREA OF CONVECTION OVER OUR CNTRL CWA MOVING NE. COPIOUS MOISTURE STREAMING NORTH FROM HANNA SHOULD KEEP CHC OF PCPN IN FCST FOR MOST OF THE DAY. MAY BE LULL PDS BUT BREAKS WILL ALLOW HEATING TO HELP INITIATE ADDITIONAL CONVECTION. CURRENT FCST COVERS THIS WELL AND SEE NO REASON TO CHANGE. WITH CLOUD COVER EXPECTED... TEMPS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY COOL AND LOWER 80S SHOULD STAND ALTHOUGH I WILL MONITOR FOR POSSIBLE UPDATE TO LOWER VALUES LATER. DUSTY --------------------------------------------------------------------- 445 AM EDT SAT SEP 14 2002 RADAR INDICATING SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS MORNING. SAT AND WATER VAPOR LOOPS INDICATING PLENTY OF MOISTURE ADVECTING NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION. POSITIVE TILTED SHEARING TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE MS VALLEY TODAY WITH MOISTURE STREAMING AHEAD OF IT IN OUR AREA IN RESPONSE. BY SUNDAY...THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TROUGH WILL SHEAR EVEN MORE. MODELS ARE GENERALLY GIVING A 90 POP FOR TODAY...BUT THIS IS A BIT OPTIMISTIC FOR RAIN AS MOST OF OUR RAIN WILL COME FROM MAINLY MOISTURE ADVECTION INFLUENCES. I AM LOWERING TO 60 TO 70 POP ACROSS THE CWA...WITH BETTER HOPES OF PRECIP TO THE SOUTHEAST...NEARER HANNAH. MODELS ARE CONTINUING TO SLOW HANNAH DOWN. MODELS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF BEING TOO PROGRESSIVE WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT DO EXPECT TO SEE SOME ACCELERATION OF HANNAH IN RESPONSE TO APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. ALTHOUGH WE WILL NOT SEE THE FULL BRUNT OF THE RAINFALL FROM HANNAH...HAVING THIS SYSTEM AROUND SHOULD HELP TO INCREASE OUR CHANCES FOR RAINFALL THIS WEEKEND. WARM AIR ADVECTION SHOULD BE A BIT MORE PRONOUNCED ON SUNDAY AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT AND UNDER A SKY THAT I SUSPECT WILL NOT BE COMPLETELY CLOUDY. THEREFORE I WILL SIGNIFICANTLY RAISE TEMPS ON SUNDAY COMPARED TO MODEL GUIDANCE OF UPPER 70S. I WILL GO WITH MID 80S FOR HIGHS ON SUNDAY FOR MOST OF THE CWA. THINKING IS TO HAVE SAME OR A BIT LOWER POPS FOR SUNDAY AS COMPARED TO TODAY AS THE TROUGH WEEKENS AND HANNAH MOVES NORTHEAST AND LOSES ITS INFLUENCE OVER THE CWA AS SHE MOVES FARTHER AWAY. BY MONDAY MORNING...WE WILL BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TROUGH AXIS AND I SUSPECT THAT CHANCES OF RAIN WILL SHARPLY DWINDLE BY THEN. SO IN SHORT...GOING UNDER GUIDANCE FOR POPS TODAY AND CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FIRST FOUR PERIODS. GOING CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS...EXCEPT FOR SUNDAY WHERE I WILL RAISE TEMPS A FEW CATEGORIES. HEINLEIN ------------------------------------------------------------------- 946 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 2002 AREA RADARS SHOWING SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY BEGINNING TO INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE THIS EVENING. ALSO CAN SEE SOME ACTIVITY ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE. GOOD SOUTHERLY FLOW ALLOWING PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO WORK ITS WAY BACK INTO THE REGION. FAIRLY THICK CLOUD DECK SHOULD KEEP TEMPS UP FOR TONIGHT. LOOKING AT THE MSAS WIND FIELDS...DOWNSLOPING WINDS EVIDENT THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THIS MAY END UP KEEPING THINGS DRY A BIT LONGER. CURRENT ZONES LOOK GOOD AND HAVE EVERYTHING IN CHECK. WILL SEND OUT A QUICK COSMETIC UPDATE TO REMOVE LATE EVENING ON WORDING. ALSO WILL NEED TO ADJUST GRIDS SLIGHTLY. ZONE UPDATE AND NEW GRIDS/RDF COMING SHORTLY. JARVIS ---------------------------------------------------------------------
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:20 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were reported down along with a telephone line along West Tunnel Hill Road about 4 miles southeast of Sharpsburg. Also, three quarter inch hail was reported in Sharpsburg.
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