Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 22, 2003

Name: Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 22, 2003
Start: 2003-08-22T18:00
End: 2003-08-22T18:00
Location: Kentucky

August 22, 2003 · NWS JKL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 22, 1:42 PM EST, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 1:42 PM EST, 4 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
242 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

SPC HAS ISSUED WATCH BOX 881 FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE
NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND WESTERN AREAS OF THE CWA. ZONES WILL BE
UPDATED SHORTLY.

.JKL...NONE.

RAY/MORAN
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PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW
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1205 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

WITH COLD FRONT STILL LOCATED IN OHIO AND A LARGE AREA OF CLOUDS AND
WITH PRECIP FALLING OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY...WILL ADJUST SKY COVER
UP AND DROP TEMPS TO THE LOWER 80S ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA AND MID
80S ACROSS THE CENTRAL CWA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON...THEREFORE A WATCH FROM SPC MAY BE ISSUED...WILL
UPDATE WHEN NECESSARY ...UPDATE OUT SHORTLY.

RAY/MORAN
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510 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

STILL ONE PRIMARY FEATURE TO CONTEND WITH...A COLD FRONT TO AFFECT
THE AREA TODAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY.

THERE ARE MINOR MODEL DIFFERENCES IN TIMING...BUT OVERALL GOOD
AGREEMENT. IT SHOULD ENTER THE AREA FROM THE NORTH EARLY THIS
EVENING AND EXIT TO THE SOUTH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE QUESTION
OF THUNDERSTORMS CENTERS AROUND INITIATION. THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE
PLENTY OF INSTABILITY TO WORK WITH...WITH DEW POINTS CURRENTLY IN
THE LOWER 70S AND WHAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE LITTLE CLOUD COVER TO
START THE DAY. ALL MODELS DEPICT AT LEAST MEAGER UPPER LEVEL
DIVERGENCE AT SOME POINT TODAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY IN IN/OH
WILL LEAVE BEHIND BOUNDARIES TO OUR NORTH...AND THE FRONT ITSELF
WILL BE CLOSE BY LATE IN THE DAY. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO SINGLE STRONG
FACTOR...THINK THE COMBINATION OF FACTORS WARRANTS HIGH CHANCE POPS
TODAY. THE CHANCE HOLDS OVER INTO TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST CHANCE
TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE SOUTH...WHICH IS THE AREA THAT WILL BE LAST
TO SEE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND SYNOPTIC SCALE STABILIZATION.

THE ETA IS SLOWEST TO CLEAR THE FRONT THROUGH THE AREA ON
SATURDAY...AND THE GFS THE FASTEST. THE NGM IS IN BETWEEN...BUT HAS
SLOWED SINCE YESTERDAY. WITH THIS IN MIND...CAN NOT COUNT ON THE
FRONT BEING OUT OF HERE BY START OF 3RD PERIOD...AND WILL CONTINUE
TO USE A SLIGHT CHANCE IN OUR FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES FOR SATURDAY
MORNING.

BEYOND THIS...DRY SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SINKS SOUTH ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES TO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES AND UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL
CONUS FLATTENS AND MOVES EASTWARD EARLY IN THE NEW WEEK. THIS WILL
BRING AT LEAST A FEW DAYS OF DRY WEATHER. THE NEXT COLD FRONT
ARRIVES IN THE GFS AT MIDWEEK. THE LATEST MEX GUIDANCE HAS HIGHER
POPS THAN THE PREVIOUS AT MIDWEEK. HOWEVER...WILL LEAVE IT TO THE
DAY SHIFT TO EVALUATE THIS MORE COMPLETELY AND DECIDE IF PRECIP
NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE FORECAST.

FOR TEMPS...THINK THAT THE NGM MOS IS A LITTLE TOO WARM TODAY.
SUSPECT THAT WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND CONVECTION BEFORE
WE MAKE IT TO THE NGM NUMBERS...AND AN ETA/GFS MOS COMPROMISE IS
PREFERRED. IN OTHER PERIODS A GUIDANCE AVERAGE IS PREFERRED.

HAL

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 1:54 PM EST, 4 hours 6 minutes before

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-231100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
254 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR AREAS
GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH
TODAY AND TONIGHT MAY BE SEVERE.  THE PRIMARY THREAT WOULD BE
DAMAGING WIND...HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FOR FOR AREAS
GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY.
OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF
EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY SATURDAY NEAR THE
TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA BORDERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WITH ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...HAIL...OR FLOODING.

HAL/OUDEMAN/RAY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 22, 12:18 PM EST, 5 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
118 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0110 PM    FLEMINGSBURG              KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   FLEMING                        LARGE LIMBS AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          DISPATCH.

RAY

Local storm report, Aug 22, 3:12 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
412 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0108 PM    FLEMINGSBURG              KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   FLEMING                        LARGE LIMBS AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN. REPORTED
                                          BY COUNTY DISPATCH.

0140 PM    RINGO MILLS               KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   FLEMING                        TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 158.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY DISPATCH.

PG

Local storm report, Aug 22, 3:12 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
412 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0108 PM    FLEMINGSBURG              KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   FLEMING                        ROOF BLOWN OFF OF
                                          TRACTOR TRAILER BUSINESS
                                          ON MOREHEAD STREET.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY DISPATCH.

0140 PM    RINGO MILLS               KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   FLEMING                        TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 158.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY DISPATCH.

PG
...CORRECTED FOR INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL WIND DAMAGE INFORMATION...

Local storm report, Aug 22, 3:33 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
433 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0252 PM    4 NE CAMPTON              KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   WOLFE                          TREES DOWN ON CALABOOSE
                                          ROCKY BRANCH ROAD. REPORTED
                                          BY COUNTY DISPATCH.

PG

Local storm report, Aug 22, 3:45 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
412 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0108 PM    FLEMINGSBURG              KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   FLEMING                        ROOF BLOWN OFF OF
                                          TRACTOR TRAILER BUSINESS
                                          ON MOREHEAD STREET.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY DISPATCH.

0140 PM    RINGO MILLS               KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   FLEMING                        TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 158.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY DISPATCH.

PG
...CORRECTED FOR INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL WIND DAMAGE INFORMATION...

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: August 22, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Wayne County, 3 mi NW of Monticello
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.867, -84.867

One tree was down across Sally Burnett Road.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kentucky in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Kentucky, August 2003

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5333862.