1 tornado, 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 Jun 18, 2:50 AM EST, 7 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 350 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2003 SHORTWAVE OVER OHIO VALLEY PULLING OFF TO NORTHEAST...WITH TAIL END OF REMNANT SHOWERS GRADUALLY EXITING REGION. OTHERWISE...A FEW SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS STILL OUT THERE. SOME PATCHY FOG OUT THERE FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...BUT OBS SHOW VISIBILITIES ON THE INCREASE AT MANY LOCATIONS NOW. A PIECE OF ENERGY FROM THE SHORTWAVE OVER LA TO TRACK JUST SOUTH OF THE TN VALLEY TODAY. THEN REST OF SHORTWAVE GETS PICKED UP IN FLOW AHEAD OF LONG WAVE THROUGH MOVING INTO EASTERN US FROM CANADA...AND COMPLETES ITS TRACK ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES. LONG WAVE TROUGH DEVELOPS INTO A CUT OFF LOW OVER EAST COAST BY WEEKEND. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT LEAVES THE REGION IN PLEASANT AND DRY AIRMASS FOR THE WEEKEND. UNTIL THEN MUST CONTEND WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. INSTABILITY STILL EXISTS ACROSS REGION...BUT LACKING ON FOCUSING MECHANISM. STILL CAN NOT RULE OUT CHANCE FOR PRECIP...BUT MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH DAYTIME HEATING. SHORT WAVE ENERGY TO STAY SOUTH TODAY...ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SFC WAVE...GIVING BEST SHOT OF RAIN ACROSS TN AND TO EAST INTO VA/WV. BIGGEST CONCERN IS EXTREME SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. WITH ALL THE RAIN OF PREVIOUS FEW DAYS...AND FF GUIDANCE LOW...PW STILL IN THE 1.5 INCH RANGE...CANT HELP BUT TO CONSIDER AN AFTERNOON FFA FOR THOSE EXTREME THREE OR FOUR COUNTIES. HOWEVER...MODELS SEEM TO AGREE WITH DRYER TREND...JUST THAT AVNS TREND IS SLOWER. BOTH MODELS KEEP FOCUSING MECHANISM...OR VORT CENTER TO SOUTH AND EAST. AND FLOODING OF PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS BEEN WITH TRAINING OF HEAVY SHOWERS. DONT SEE THAT AS A PROBLEM RIGHT NOW...SO WILL KEEP FFA OUT OF FORECAST. HOWEVER...NEXT SHIFT MAY WANT TO LOOK AT POSSIBLE FFA FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST COUNTIES WITH UPCOMING MODEL RUNS...OR IF PRECIP BANDS TRACK FURTHER NORTH THAN EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOOON. COLD FRONT TRACKS INTO REGION THURSDAY. SOME QUESTION ON EXACT TIMING...BUT APPEARS IT MAY PUSH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. GOOD INSTABILITY ON TAP FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON IF THIS PANS OUT. BEST NEWS IS THAT IT BRINGS IN DRYER AND PLEASANT AIR MASS FOR A NICE WEEKEND. .JKL...NONE. RAY --------------------------------------------------------------------- PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1150 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 PCPN HAS PRACTICALLY FINISHED FOR THE TIME BEING. HOWEVER WITH THE FNT STALLED ACROSS THE LENGTH OF THE STATE...DON/T FEEL THAT WE CAN TOTALLY DROP THE CHC OF PCPN. WILL LOWER POPS AND CANCEL THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. STILL HAVE ONGOING FLOODING AND WILL RE-ISSUE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE AFFECTED COUNTIES. RIVERS ARE A MIXED BAG BUT NO RIVERS ARE CURRENTLY FCST TO REACH FLOOD STAGE. WILL ISSUE NEW FCST WITH THE ENDING OF THE FLOOD WATCH. HAVE ADDED FOG FOR ALL AREAS DUE TO THE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS. SKIES HAVE DECREASED IN COVERAGE SO TEMPS SHOULD BOTTOM OUT AT THE DWPTS. DUSTY --------------------------------------------------------------------- 350 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 HAVE RECONSIDERED EXTENDING THE FFA. ONCE SUN SETS...THINGS SHOULD DIE OUT PRETTY QUICKLY...BUT SOME PRETTY GOOD CONVECTION STILL EXISTS AND JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE THIS EVENING...WILL GO AHEAD AND EXTEND THE FFA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...AND EVENING SHIFT CAN CANCEL IF NEEDED. HEINLEIN -------------------------------------------------------------------- 300 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 SURFACE CHART SHOWING SURFACE BOUNDARY STILL ACROSS THE CWA. SURFACE LOW LOCATED NEAR CINCINNATI. IN THE MEANTIME...A SHORTWAVE APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE SHORTWAVE SHOULD BE PRETTY MUCH NORTHEAST OF THE AREA BY AFTER SUNSET. STILL HAVING BIG FLOODING PROBLEMS IN SEVERAL AREAS FROM RAIN OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. RADAR ALREADY SHOWING SHOWERS POPPING UP WITH INCREASED INSTABILITY AND EVEN MORE SHOULD KEEP POPPING AS THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH TO THE NORTHWEST MOVES CLOSER AND SOME SUN FILTERS IN. THIS SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS CLEARLY VISIBLE ON WATER VAPOR. AFTER SUNSET...WE SHOULD BECOME MORE STABLE AND ALSO LOSE MID-LEVEL SUPPORT. SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BECOME MUCH MORE SPOTTY...AND ANY FLOODING WHICH MIGHT OCCUR WILL BE MUCH MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE. THEREFORE WILL LET THE FLOOD WATCH END AT 6 PM. STARTING FRIDAY...WILL HAVE A DRY FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE EXTENDED. VERY DRY AIR WORKING IN FINALLY...AND WILL BE DIFFICULT TO INTRODUCE PRECIP FOR SEVERAL DAYS FOLLOWING. HEINLEIN
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-191100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 704 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOME AREAS. WHERE SHOWERS AND STORMS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS...ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE DANIEL BOONE PARKWAY AND KENTUCKY ROUTE 80. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE UNLIKELY...A FEW ISOLATED REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...MAINLY IN AREAS NEAR THE TENNESSEE AND WEST VIRGINIA BORDERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO PASS ALONG ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HAL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado touched down near Chenoa Lake and blew several large trees down. The tornado then became a waterspout over Chenoa Lake and sent water approximately 200 feet into the air before dissipating minutes later.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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