1 lightning, 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 Aug 10, 1:45 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 245 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003 EARLY THIS WEEK...PERSISTANCE. MORNING FOG...ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHRA/TSRA...HIGHS IN THE MID 80S AND LOWS IN THE MID 60S. MID WEEK...WED/THU. FINALLY A CHANGE TO THE UA PATTERN WITH A SHEARING OF THE PERSISTENT TROF OVER THE EAST COAST. RIDGE BUILDS IN AND FORMS A CLOSED LOW THAT RETROGRADES TO AR WHILE THE NRN PORTION FILLS AND SHIFTS TO ERN CANADA. TEMPS NEARLY THE SAME BUT POPS DROP SIGNIFICANTLY AND SLGHT CHC WED AFTERNOON BECOMES DRY BY THU. EXTENDED...FRI AND BEYOND. TEMPORARY DRY SPELL WITH THE ERN RIDGE SHOULD HOLD THRU THE WEEKEND. TEMPS WILL START TO RISE SLIGHTLY BY THIS TIME WITH HIGHS REACHING THE UPPER 80S. THIS IS MORE IN LINE WITH TYPICAL AUGUST WX. MODELS HINTING TO A RETURN TO ERN TROF NEXT WEEK WHICH COULD SPELL MORE RAINY WX ON THE HORIZON. .JKL...NONE. DUSTY ---------------------------------------------------------------- PREVIOUS 24 HR DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1105 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003 WILL LEAVE FORECAST AS IS AND ONLY UPDATE TO REMOVE FOG THAT IS CURRENTLY BREAKING UP ACROSS THE AREA. AS LOW CLOUDS BREAK...TEMPS TO QUICKLY RISE 7 TO 10 DEGREES. A FEW SMALL SHOWERS NOTED IN FAR NORTHERN KY...SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO BREAK OUT HERE IN THE EARLY/MID AFTERNOON. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. OUDEMAN --------------------------------------------------------- 530 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003 A SFC TROUGH REMAINS JUST EAST OF THE CREST OF THE APPALACHIANS AND INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. UPPER TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE EASTERN US...WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE NM AND AZ EXTENDING UP THROUGH THE ROCKIES...WITH ANOTHER RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WERE OVER THE REGION FOR THE THIRD MORNING IN A ROW. THE DENSE FOG WAS GENERALLY CONFINED TO THE RIDGES. ANOTHER UPPER LOW WAS CENTERED OVER MN AND WILL DIVE SOUTH INTO MS VALLEY. A SW/V OVER IN/IL BORDER WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE TROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER S/W ALSO APPEARS TO BE LIFTING NORTH FROM THE GULF COAST REGION. PWS REMAIN HIGH...GENERALLY IN THE 1.5 TO 1.7 INCH RANGE. STEERING WINDS REMAIN WEAK AND ANY STORMS SHOULD DRIFT FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TODAY. FORECAST CAPES ARE NOT THAT HIGH AND LIS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE REAL LOW THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARIES LEFT FROM YESTERDAYS CONVECTION AND THIS AMS FOG COMBINED WITH THE SW/VS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION SHOULD HELP FOCUS CONVECTION. SHEAR REMAINS WEAK SO SVR STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT LOCALLY HVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THIS IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE HWO AND DAY ONE ERD. HIGHS TODAY SHOULD BE VERY CLOSE TO YESTERDAYS READINGS...NEAR MAV NUMBERS. EXPECT AREAS OF DENSE FOG ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT WITH CONVECTION DYING OFF AROUND 2 TO 3Z...PERSISTENCE OF PREVIOUS DAYS WITH IT LINGERING PAST 12Z. TOMORROW...SW/S ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH THE REGION WITH COLD POOL CENTERED JUST NW OF THE REGION. META FORECAST SOUNDING INDICATE THAT WBZ HEIGHTS WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 11KFT RANGE. SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO BE RATHER WEAK VEERING PROFILE...BUT LAPSE RATES WILL BE RATHER STEEP...ALLOWING FOR CAPES TO POSSIBLY EXCEED 2000 J/KG. ALTHOUGH REGION IS NOT IN DAY 2 SLIGHT RISK AREA...SOME PULSE STORMS WITH MARGINALLY SVR HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS SEEM POSSIBLE. EVEN WITH VERY WEAK SHEAR...A COUPLE OF STORMS ON SAT EVENING PRODUCED 3/4 INCH TO ONE INCH HAIL. HIGHS AGAIN WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO TODAYS READINGS. AREAS OF FOG ARE AGAIN EXPECTED ON MON NIGHT. TUESDAY ON...NO REAL CHANGES MADE TO THE FORECAST. KEPT IN CHANCE POPS ON TUE WITH INVERTED TROUGH EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE REGION WITH UPPER LOW NEARBY. OMEGA PATTERN BREAKS DOWN AS UPPER RIDGING GRADUALLY WORKS INTO THE REGION. WESTERLIES ALSO INCREASE AND PUSH TROUGH ON OFF TO EASTERN CANADA...WHILE UPPER LOW CUTS OFF OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS/MS VALLEY REGION AS THE MN LOW DROPS TO THE SOUTH. WEAK BOUNDARY WILL DEVELOP/STALL OUT NEAR THE REGION INTO MIDWEEK AS REGION WILL BE IN WEAKNESS BETWEEN UPPER HIGHS CENTERED OVER THE SE AND GREAT LAKES. HEIGHTS WILL BE RATHER HIGH AND ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BE TOO CAPPED FOR CONVECTION AFTER THU. INTRODUCED SLIGHT CHANCE ON THU FOR DIURNALLY DRIVEN CU. TEMPS WILL GRADUALLY WARM TO NEAR NORMAL FOR MID AUGUST. PELTON -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1130 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 PRECIP HAS DWINDLED AFTER SUNSET...BUT STILL SOME PESKY ACTIVITY IN THE GENERAL REGION. WITH LEFT OVER BOUNDARIES AND HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT...LEFT 20 POPS IN FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH THINKING THAT THE LAST OF THE SHRA/TSRA SHOULD DIE OUT BY AROUND 4 AM. TOOK MIDNIGHT WORDING OUT OF THE FORECAST. HEINLEIN
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-111100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 500 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE RAINFALL OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS...AREAS THAT RECEIVE THUNDERSTORMS COULD SEE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...AS STEERING WINDS FOR THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN LIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ON MONDAY COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING WHICH IS OBSERVED. PELTON
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
One man was injured when he was struck by lightning.
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