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NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 10, 2:50 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 350 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2003 17Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS THE LARGE PARENT LOW OVER THE MIDDLE OF LAKE MICHIGAN WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT STRETCHING SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI. CLOSER TO HOME A MESO-LOW SHOWED UP JUST SOUTH OF CVG ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPING AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEW WATCH BOX. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EASING TOWARD OUR WESTERN COUNTIES WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT. COOLING CLOUD TOPS ON IR SATELLITE SHOW A VIGOROUS MCS OVERTAKING EAST KENTUCKY. THIS AND ITS LEFT BEHIND OUTFLOW WILL DOMINATE MOST OF OUR WEATHER THROUGH THE EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS WITH THESE LINEAR STORMS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH LARGE HAIL ALSO A POSSIBILITY. CURRENT BOX OUT UNTIL 6 PM AND ANOTHER DUE OUT SHORTLY FOR THE REST OF THE CWA UNTIL 9 PM EDT...WILL INCLUDE AN EVENING PERIOD IN ZONES TO COVER THE WATCHES AND NEAR TERM THUNDERSTORMS. THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT SWINGING A DEEP TROUGH FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR THROUGH THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL LEAVE BEHIND A BROAD TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE NATION LASTING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE 12Z GFS THEN WEAKENS THIS TROUGH AS RIDGING SEEPS EAST FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST BY 120 HOURS. THE 00Z GFS...THOUGH...MAINTAINS THE WESTERN RIDGE AND EASTERN TROUGH STRUCTURE THROUGH THE EXTENDED WITH EAST KENTUCKY SITTING NEAR THE BASE OF THE BROAD TROUGH. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS INTO EAST KENTUCKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THE EVENING FUELED BY AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...A DECENT SHORTWAVE AHEAD OF THE MAIN TROUGH AND PLENTY OF INSTABILITY. IN ADDITION...EAST KENTUCKY IS AWASH IN HIGH PW (1.75+ INCHES) AIR THAT WILL ALLOW THE STORMS TO SQUEEZE OUT COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL. WILL RUN HIGHEST POPS THIS EVENING WITH THE CURRENT STORMS. WILL ALSO BUMP UP POPS A TAD AFTER A DROPOFF AROUND MIDNIGHT TOWARDS MORNING AS THE FRONT CHARGES THROUGH AFTER MIDNIGHT PERHAPS INITIATING ANOTHER SMALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH OUR WORKED OVER ENVIRONMENT. WHILE DRIER AIR SURGES INTO THE STATE FRIDAY...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR OUT. A NODE OF THE LAKES SHORTWAVE PUSHES THROUGH EAST KENTUCKY FRIDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL KEEP POPS LOW FOR NOW. A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE WILL BE HAD SATURDAY AS WEAK VORTICITY CONTINUES TO STREAM THROUGH...BUT WARMER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES SATURDAY AFTERNOON MAY KEEP THIS ACTIVITY IN CHECK SO WILL PLAY IT AS JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE. THIS THEME OF DIURNALLY DRIVEN LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THROUGH THE EXTENDED WITH TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY REBOUNDING INTO THE MIDDLE 80S BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MOS TEMPS ARE SIMILAR THROUGH THE PERIOD. MAV AND MET NUMBERS SEEM TOO COOL FOR SATURDAY THOUGH WILL GO WITH OR JUST ABOVE NGM MOS. GENERALLY WENT ABOVE FOR POPS THIS EVENING...HIGHER THAN NGM MOS FOR SATURDAY POPS BUT LOWER THAN THE WETTER NUMBERS FROM THE MET. AS FOR IFPS/GFE GRIDS...PERFORMED MY USUAL POPULATION OF MESOETA TEMPS...WINDS AND DEWPOINTS THROUGH 60 HOURS. MASSAGED THESE TO BETTER MATCH CCF POINTS AND ELEVATIONAL DIFFERENCES. REST OF GRIDS IN GREAT SHAPE JUST BUFFED SKY AND FINE TUNED POPS THROUGH THE FORECAST. PRELIMINARY CCF NUMBERS: LOZ 068/082 062/082 061 721 JKL 068/080 061/083 062 721 .JKL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068- 069-079-080-083>085-104-106-108-111-114 UNTIL 6 PM EDT. GREIF ============================================================ PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW: ------------------------------------------------------------ 1250 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2003 CONVECTION FIRING ACROSS CNTRL KY AND CNTRL/WRN TN. THIS IN AN AREA THAT WAS ONLY COVERED BY LOW CLOUDS THIS MORNING. HEATING OF LOW CLOUD TOPS HAS RESULTED IN ELEVATED CONVECTION THAT BUILT DOWN WITH MIXING AS WELL AS UP. FNT STILL TO THE WEST THAT WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST AND THIS WILL KEEP US UNDER THE GUN FOR CONTINUED ACTIVITY THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE EVENING AND NIGHT. UPDATE ALREADY OUT TO REMOVE FIRST PERIOD TIME SENSITIVE WORDING AND TO ADD WATCH. DUSTY ------------------------------------------------------------ 450 AM EDT WED JUL 10 2003 GENERAL WEATHER PATTERN FEATURES PERSISTENT STRONG WESTERN CONUS RIDGE AND DEEPENING EASTERN TROUGH. A COUPLE OF S/WS PASSING THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL AID IN THIS DEVELOPMENT. AS OF 06Z...LOW PRESS CENTER LOCATED OVER SE MN WITH THE MAIN COLD FRONT EXTENDING SW THROUGH NEB. AHEAD OF THIS, REMNANTS OF LAST NIGHTS MCS MOVING SE THROUGH IN/IL/OH. SEVERE THREAT WITH THIS HAS DIMINISHED...BUT HEAVY RAIN THREAT IS STILL PRESENT. THE LAST HOUR HAS SEEN WARMING CLOUD TOPS AND SHRINKING STRATIFORM AREA. MANY MESOSCALE FEATURES OUT AHEAD OF MAIN COLD FRONT WAITING FOR THE ATMOS TO RECOVER THIS AFTERNOON. E KY HAS BEEN SPARED THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WITH THE MCS TRACK TO OUR NORTH ALONG STATIONARY BOUNDARY AND THEREFORE THE AREA HAS NOT BEEN WORKED OVER AT ALL. A FEW TSRA THIS MORNING WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO REDUCE THE POSSIBLE SEVERE THREAT FOR THIS AFTERNOON. CHALLENGES TODAY ARE POPS AND TEMPS. AFTER CURRENT TSRA MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...EXPECTING A BRIEF LULL IN ACTIVITY BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF MAIN COLD FRONT. TEMPS WILL DEPEND ON THE LENGTH OF THIS LULL IN ACTIVITY. THEREFORE, OPENED RANGE TO TRY AND EMBRACE THE DIFFERENT OUTCOMES. AREA IS IN HPC ISOLATED EXCESSIVE RAINS WITH PWS ABOVE THE 1.5 INCH MARK UP UNTIL FROPA. FROPA STILL PROGGED TO BE THIS EVE/NIGHT. USED HEAVY RAIN WORDING IN ZONES. AREA ALSO IN SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE TS THIS AFTERNOON/EVE. ONLY CHANGE MADE TO THE EXTENDED WAS TO ADD SLIGHT CHC POPS FOR SE COUNTIES ON SAT NIGHT/SUNDAY. INDICATIONS ARE FOR A WEAK FRONT TO SLIDE THROUGH. HAVE INCREASED CLOUDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS CWA WIDE, BUT INSERTED POPS ONLY FOR HIGHER TERRAIN COUNTIES...THIS MAY BE THE EXTRA LIFT NEEDED FOR PRECIP DEVELOPMENT. OUDEMAN ------------------------------------------------------------ 1025 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL ACTIVE AROUND THE AREA. PRECIP IN SOUTHERN CWA APPEARS TO BE DIMINISHING. HOWEVER...ALSO APPEARS THAT MORE SHOWERS MAY BE TRYING TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST ON REGIONAL RADAR. JUST THE SAME...MAY NEED TO LOWER POPS IN THE SOUTH LATER IF REDEVELOPMENT DOES NOT OCCUR. NORTHERN CWA STILL CLOSE ENOUGH TO ACTIVITY AROUND OHIO RIVER TO JUSTIFY CURRENT POPS. IN ADDITION...ACTIVITY SEEN ALL THE WAY BACK INTO IL MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST. CONSEQUENTLY...WILL ONLY UPDATE TO REMOVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM NORTHERN MOST COUNTIES IN CWA FOR NOW. RAY
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-111100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 635 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT EASTERN KENTUCKY IS IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS...AND AN ISOLATED CHANCE OF PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH AN ISOLATED RISK THAT THIS RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE A COLD FRONT COMPLETELY PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY ON SUNDAY. ON WEDNESDAY...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY FLOODING IN ADDITION TO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS. OUDEMAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR FORMAT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
445 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0415 PM 4 W SOMERSET KY WIND DAMAGE
07/10/03 PULASKI SEVERAL TREES DOWN
REPORTED BY COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGER.
RAYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR FORMAT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
458 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0446 PM 4 N WHITLEY CITY KY WIND DAMAGE
07/10/03 MCCREARY TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
BY SPOTTER.
0445 PM WEST LIBERTY KY WIND DAMAGE
07/10/03 MORGAN LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
0415 PM SOMERSET KY FLOOD
07/10/03 PULASKI URBAN STREET FLOODING IN
SOMERSET AREA. REPORTED BY
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER.
RAYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR FORMAT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
511 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM 5 W STEARNS KY WIND DAMAGE
07/10/03 MCCREARY TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
RAYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR FORMAT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
526 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0519 PM SALYERSVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
07/10/03 MAGOFFIN TREE DOWN IN SALYERSVILLE.
REPORTED BY DISPATCH.
0519 PM 5 NE SALYERSVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
07/10/03 MAGOFFIN TREE DOWN. REPORTED BY
DISPATCH.
RAYThe Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree fell on a house and a utility pole blew down on another residence on Lower Poplar Fork, off of Highway 2031.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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