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NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 12, 4:37 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 437 PM EST TUE NOV 12 2003 CORRECTED FOR WIND ADVISORY. SHORT TERM...WEDNESDAY THRU SATURDAY. FNTL BNDRY PRESSING INTO VERY MOIST AIR WITH DWPTS OF 60+. NUMEROUS TSRA+ WITH STRONG...GUSTY WINDS IN A NARROW BAND. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DRAW DOWN WINDS OF 60 TO 80 KTS IN THE LLJ. HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON NEARLY SATURATED GROUND CREATING NUMEROUS HYDRO PROBLEMS FOR...PRIMARILY...OUR NRN ZONES. FNT TO ZIP THRU THIS EVENING WITH A SHARP END TO PCPN. WILL BE A SHORT REPRIEVE FROM THE WINDS BEFORE THE CAA AND NW WINDS PICK UP. WIND ADVISORY ALREADY OUT AND MAY EXPAND WITH POST FNT. AFTER FNTL PASSAGE...EXPECTING COLD CU TO KEEP CLOUDS AND WINDS WILL KEEP LLVL MIXED SUCH THAT TEMPS TONIGHT WILL ONLY DROP TO MID TO UPPER 30S. NOT MUCH TEMP INCREASE THU WITH STRONG CAA AND THEN WITH A RELAXATION OF WIND FIELD AND CLEARING...TEMPS SHOULD PLUMMET FOR FRI MORN FOR THE COLDEST TEMPS OF THE SEASON. COUNTINUED COLD FRI WITH SMALL TEMP RISE SAT AS RIDGE BUILDS IN AND WINDS SHIFT TO SWRLY. EXTENDED...SUNDAY THRU WEDNESDAY. WENT WITH GFS/MRF BLEND. SPLIT FLOW AROUND H5 LOW OVER UPPER MIDWEST WILL BRING CLOUDS WITH PRECIP REMAINING TO THE NORTH SUNDAY. SFC LOW MOVES OUT OF TEXAS SUNDAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST...BRINGING IN SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE. RAISED POPS TO 50 PERCENT AND LIKELY WILL HAVE TO RAISE HIGHER DOWN THE ROAD. THE LOW BRINGS CLOUDS IN LATE SUNDAY AND PRECIP ON MONDAY...LINGERING THROUGH TUESDAY AND FINALLY PULLS OUT LATE TUESDAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM. .JKL...FLOOD WATCH FOR KY ZONES KYZ044-050>052-104 TIL MIDNIGHT. ...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY ZONES KYZ044- 050>052-058>060-068-069-088-104-106>120. DUSTY/JM --------------------------------------------------------- PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW --------------------------------------------------------- 1130 AM EST WED NOV 12 2003 TRAINING CELLS HAVE PRODUCED NEARLY AN INCH OF PCPN OVER A CONCENTRATED AREA. THERE WILL BE A SHORT REPRIEVE AS THE HEAVIEST PCPN SAGS SOUTH TOWARD THE MTN PARKWAY. CONCERN IS WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF CONVECTIVE PCPN IN CNTRL KY HEADED TOWARDS OUR NRN COUNTIES. HAVE ISSUED FLOOD WATCH FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND NORTH OF I64. REST OF GRIDS LOOK DECENT. WILL UPDATE TO INCLUDE WATCH AND TO TIGHTEN THE GRADIENT FOR PCPN THIS AFTERNOON. DEF POPS FOR FNTL PASSAGE TONIGHT LOOKS STILL VALID. WAA WILL PUSH TEMPS TO AROUND 70 INSPITE OF THE CLOUDS AND RAIN. DUSTY --------------------------------------------------------- 530 AM EST WED NOV 12 2003 AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER THE NORTHERN 1/2 OF THE CWA THIS MORNING...WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE SOUTH. LEAD SW/V WAS NOW WORKING INTO THE EASTERN PART OF THE OH VALLEY WITH ANOTHER MINOR SOUTHERN STREAM SW/V OVER MO. THE MAIN FEATURE OF INTEREST IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE DAKOTAS. THE SFC LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN MN. WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SW INTO TX. BEHIND THIS FRONT IS MUCH COOLER AIR. 8H TEMPS FROM 0Z ANALYSIS WERE SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW 0C BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. VWP HAS BEEN SHOWING LOW LEVEL JET OF 50 TO 55 KTS ALL NIGHT TRANSPORTING IN ABUNDANT MOISTURE. MAIN CHALLENGE FOR TODAY IS IF ANY SFC BASED CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND HOW STRONG WINDS WILL BE THROUGH TOMORROW. OLD FRONT/MOISTURE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SINK SOUTH INTO THE CWA TODAY. AS IT DOES SO IT WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH SW/VS MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE SHOULD BE A LULL IN THE SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES LATE IN THE DAY. MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE NOT THAT UNSTABLE (-1 TO -2 LIS). HOWEVER...APPROACH OF TROUGH SHOULD STEEPEN LAPSE RATES A BIT. 8H WINDS ARE GENERALLY AROUND 35 TO 40 KTS WHILE 7 H WINDS ARE PROGGED TO BE AROUND 55 KTS. IF ANY CONVECTION CAN TAP INTO THIS HIGHER MOMENTUM AND TRANSLATE IT TO THE SFC THERE COULD BE SOME STRONG GUSTS. THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY A POSSIBILITY ESPECIALLY RIGHT ALONG THE FRONT AND HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IT IN THE ZFP AND HWO. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS TEMPERATURES. TEMPS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING BETWEEN THE LOWER 60S IN THE RAIN COOLED FAR N TO THE LOWER 70S IN THE WARMER SPOTS IN THE SOUTH. WITH WARM ADVECTION CONTINUING WENT ABOVE GUIDANCE NUMBERS FOR HIGHS TODAY. WITH ONGOING PRECIP AND EXPECTED FORCING LATER TODAY...RAISED POPS TO CATEGORICAL. TONIGHT...WINDS SHOULD REALLY PICK UP AROUND AND AFTER FROPA...GENERALLY BETWEEN 0 AND 4Z FROM WEST TO EAST. WITH STRONG PRESS GRADIENT...GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH SEEM POSSIBLE GIVEN MODEL FORECAST WINDS JUST OFF THE SFC. WENT WITH A BLEND FOR LOWS. RIDGES SHOULD SEE THE COLDER AIR WORK IN FIRST. HOWEVER...DEEP MOISTURE WILL BE WELL TO THE EAST BEFORE THE COLD AIR WORKS IN. THU/THU NIGHT...CONTINUES TO LOOK COOL AND WILL PROBABLY BE THE COLDEST READINGS SO FAR THIS FALL. GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED DOWN AND GIVEN AS COOL AS THE AIRMASS SHOULD BE CANT ARGUE. SOME OF THE HIGHEST TERRAIN MAY STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE 30S. THE PRESS GRADIENT WILL STILL BE STRONG ON THU AND GIVEN DRY ADIABATIC TEMP PROFILE AND OVERALL DRY LOOKING FORECAST SOUNDING...SOME GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH CANT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WITH AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE GETTING CLOSER TO THE REGION...GRADIENT WILL SLACKEN THU NIGHT AND WITH LIGHTER WINDS TEMPS SHOULD FALL WELL INTO THE 20S. FWC GUIDANCE HAD LOZ INTO THE UPPER TEENS. DIDNT GO QUITE THAT COLD YET...BUT WILL LET LATER SHIFTS SEE IF THE DOWNWARD TREND FOR LOW TEMPS CONTINUES. FRI/FRI NIGHT/EXTENDED...ADJUSTED HIGHS DOWN JUST A TAD...BUT MAIN CHANGE WAS TO INTRODUCE A RIDGE VALLEY SPLIT ON FRI NIGHT. THE REST OF THE FORECAST AND THE EXTENDED LOOKED TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE. JP --------------------------------------------------------------------- 957 PM EST TUE NOV 11 2003 UPDATE NUMBER 2 FOR THE EVENING WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. TEMPS WILL NOT FALL AS COOL AS WAS FORECAST. ALMOST ALL LOCATIONS ARE STILL AT LEAST 60 DEGREES...WITH THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBING AT JKL. THE COOLEST READING TO BE FOUND WAS AT FLEMING/MASON COUNTY AIRPORT JUST NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA AT 59...BUT THEY WERE SATURATED WITH SHOWERS AND WIND BLOWING...SO THEY WILL HAVE TROUBLE COOLING FURTHER. GRADIENT WINDS SHOULD INCH HIGHER DURING THE NIGHT...AND SKIES WILL BE CLOUDY. WILL RAISE FORECAST TO AROUND 60. HAL --------------------------------------------------------------------- 730 PM EST TUE NOV 11 2003 SHOWERS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER MOST OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. THEY ARE STILL CURRENTLY THERE...BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE MAY BE A BIT OF A LULL SHORTLY. NEVER THE LESS...THERE SHOULD BE MORE LATER. WILL UPDATE POPS FROM JKL NORTH TO 80 PERCENT IN 1ST PERIOD AND REMOVE TIMING. WILL STAY WITH LIKELY IN THE SOUTH. WILL ALSO MAKE SOME MINOR WIND ADJUSTMENTS. HAL
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-131200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1115 AM EST WED NOV 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64 UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR AREAS NORTH OF OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PLOWS THROUGH THE REGION. SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT AS MUCH COLDER AIR PUSHES INTO THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
333 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0322 PM 5 E OWINGSVILLE KY FLASH FLOOD
11/12/03 BATH WATER ACROSS LOW WATER
BRIDGES 8 TO 18 INCHES AT
ADAMS, BLACK, ANDERSON AND
ELK LICK CREEKS.
BEWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
457 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0445 PM COUNTYWIDE KY WIND DAMAGE
11/12/03 POWELL TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
BTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
553 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0454 PM IRVINE KY FLASH FLOODS
11/12/03 ESTILL FLOOD WATER IN NURSING
HOME. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
CMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
605 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0640 PM ISLAND CITY KY ESTIMATED 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
11/12/03 OWSLEY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND ESTIMATED
GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE FIRST
CLAP OF THUNDER WAS
REPORTED AT 0530 PM. NO
DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED.
REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
CMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
613 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0445 PM COUNTY WIDE KY FLASH FLOODS
11/12/03 MENIFEE COUNTYWIDE
FLOODING.REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS
CMThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down onto Caleb Fork Road. Trees were also suspended on telephone lines.
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