1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 12, 9:28 AM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1028 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2003 CURRENT FORECAST ON TRACK AT THIS TIME. WILL NEED TO UPDATE THE ZONES TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING. TWEAKED GRIDS SLIGHTLY TO REFLECT CURRENT OBS AND TRENDS. MAY END UP TWEAKING GUSTS DOWN SLIGHTLY...HOWEVER...IF ENOUGH MIXING OCCURS...GUSTS IN THE LOW 30S ARE POSSIBLE. INTERSITE GRIDS AVAILABLE...TEXT PRODUCTS COMING SHORTLY. .JKL...NONE. JARVIS ===================================================================== PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ===================================================================== 327 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2003 CURRENT SFC MAP SHOWING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN EXITING LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND SOUTHERN PLAINS HIGH PRESSURE. SAT PIC TRENDS INDICATE CLOUDS MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO GET RID OF THE IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA...AT LEAST THROUGH THE MORNING. WILL USE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH PARTIAL CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON WORDING TO ACCOUNT FORT THIS. TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE...ALTHOUGH WILL GO WITH 65 TO 70 RANGE TO COVER SOME OF THE WARMER SPOTS. ANOTHER DAY OF BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE ON TAP...AS PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS TIGHT MOST OF THE DAY...COMBINED WITH A DEEP MIXED LAYER BEING ABLE TO TAP INTO SOME OF THE HIGHER ONGOING WINDS AT AROUND 4K FT. WILL GO 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO 35. TONIGHT...WINDS SHOULD SLACKEN WITH TIME...ALLOWING FOR A RIDGE/VALLEY SPLIT. THINKING IS 40 TO 45 VALLEYS...TO UPPER 40S RIDGES. TEMPS WILL THEN REBOUND TO NORMAL VALUES IN THE LOWER 70S FOR TUESDAY. TUESDAY NIGHT WILL FEATURE ANOTHER RIDGE/VALLEY SPLIT...SLIGHTLY GREATER IN TEMP VARIANCE AS INDICATED BY MODEL SOUNDINGS. LOWS BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD BE SIMILAR IN VALLEYS...WILL USE 40 TO 45 AGAIN IN VALLEYS EXCEPT WILL INCREASE RIDGE TEMPS UP A TAD TO AROUND 50. NEXT SYSTEM TO COME IN LATE WEDNESDAY. WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD OFF PRECIP UNTIL THURSDAY. TREND HAS BEEN TO SLOW THINGS DOWN AND WOULD RATHER GO WITH CONTINUITY. LEFT EXTENDED AS IS WITH PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH SATURDAY AND DRY SUNDAY AS 5H LOW EXITS. GEOGERIAN
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-131100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 645 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GEOGERIAN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down by gradient wind. The tree broke a power line and knocked out power to 938 customers for 2 hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, May 2003
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