1 high 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 Nov 24, 5:22 AM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 522 AM EST MON NOV 24 2003 FRONT MOVING THROUGH WESTERN PART OF CWA...TEMPERATURES AVERAGING AN 8 TO 12 DEGREE DROP AS THE FRONT SWINGS THROUGH. A SOLID BAND OF PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF RAIN SHOWERS MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW IN INDIANA/ILLINOIS. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL KEEP WINDS ON THE HIGH SIDE AND THE CHANGE IN AIRMASS WILL BE FELT ABRUPTLY...AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST. THE FRONT WILL PROGRESS THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL POOR IN BEHIND THE FRONT AND BUFKIT STILL SHOWS A BRIEF CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW. DONT EXPECT ANY ACCUMULATIONS WITH WARM SOIL TEMPERATURES AND BRIEF DURATION OF SNOW. LOW STRATUS DECK SHOULD LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON TIMING OF FRONT. WENT WITH MESOETA...GRIDS WERE IN GOOD SHAPE...SO JUST TWEAKED A FEW THINGS. SKIES CLEAR OUT TONIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS. TEMPS WILL BE COLD WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW RETURNS...AS HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY. AN INVERTED TROF MOVES THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY/EARLY THURSDAY AND WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE AREA. .JKL...NONE. JM PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1005 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2003 STRONG COLD FRONT CONTINUING ITS MARCH...WITH MAINLY POST FRONTAL PRECIP OCCURRING. LTG STRIKE COUNT GOING DOWN WITH TIME...HOWEVER VERY GOOD MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND LIFT WITH THE FRONT STILL WARRANTS AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER. TEMPERATURES ARE DECOUPLING IN SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS IN THE EAST AS INEZ WAS REPORTING 45 CURRENTLY...WHILE LOWER 60S ARE THE THE COMMON DENOMINATOR EVERYWHERE ELSE. DESPITE THIS...MORNING LOWS STILL LOOK ON TRACK AS FRONT COMES BARRELING THROUGH. WILL ONLY ADJUST FOR SOME MILDER CURRENT READINGS BEFORE THE BOTTOM FALLS OUT LATER ON TONIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST. ONLY OTHER DILEMMA IS CURRENT ZONE BREAKUP. WITH A SLIGHTLY FASTER FRONTAL PROGRESSION...WHICH WILL BE PUSHING INTO OUR WESTERN COUNTIES BY AROUND 1 AM. WILL GO AHEAD AND RECONFIGURE ZONES TO MATCH UP WITH THE ORIENTATION OF THE BOUNDARY. WILL BUMP POPS UP TO 100 PERCENT EVERYWHERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SOUTHEAST...WITH PIKE COUNTY HAVING THE LOWEST POP OF 70%. UPDATED PRODUCTS OUT BEFORE TOO LONG. GEOGERIAN --------------------------------------------------------------------- 507 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2003 STRONG COLD FRONT STILL HEADING TOWARD EASTERN KENTUCKY...MAKING TEMP FORECAST SOMEWHAT OF A BEAR TO FIGURE OUT. FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD GUIDANCE HAD A 10 DEGREE SPREAD IN SOME CASES BETWEEN THE FWC AND MAV/MET. AGAIN...TRIED TO COMPROMISE ON TEMPS FOR MORNING LOWS...TOMORROW MORNINGS HIGHS...BEFORE DROPPING TEMPS THROUGH THE DAY. OVERNIGHT TEMPS WERE ESPECIALLY STICKY...AS I AM WORRIED ABOUT A RIDGE VALLEY SPLIT FORMING EARLY TONIGHT. TEMPS DROPPED VERY QUICKLY LAST NIGHT...AND FROM THE LOOK OF THE SKY OUTSIDE AND THE SATELLITE LOOP...THIS MAY BE A PROBLEM. TRIED TO COVER TEMPS WITH A RANGE...HOPING GRADIENT WINDS MIGHT HELP MIX THINGS UP ENOUGH TO HELP BEFORE THICKER CLOUDS GET A CHANCE TO MOVE IN AND KEEP THINGS FROM GETTING TOO FAR OUT OF HAND. RAIN ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...SO AGAIN TRIED TO TIME PRECIP AND POPS TO CORRESPOND WITH MOVEMENT OF THE BOUNDARY. MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TIMING OF PRECIP...MAINLY MOVED PRECIP BACK A FEW HOURS AND THEN MADE SOME ADDITIONAL TWEAKS TO MATCH UP BETTER WITH CHANGES MADE BY SURROUNDING OFFICES. STABILITY REALLY LACKING FOR THIS SYSTEM...AND THROUGH ADVICE FROM OTHERS HERE..AND FROM LAST SYSTEM THAT CAME THROUGH...IT HAS BECOME CLEAR TO ME THAT INSTABILITY IS A VERY IMPORTANT PARAMETER FOR THUNDERSTORMS HERE. GUT FEELING IS THAT WE WILL NOT SEE ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...EXCEPT POSSIBLY THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE CWA. BUT LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE IN FOR CONSISTENCY SAKE AND BECAUSE SPC STILL HAS AREA IN A GENERAL THUNDERSTORM RISK...AND SLIGHT RISK JUST OUTSIDE THE WESTERN BORDER OF CWA. ALSO LEFT IN SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS AS AS BUFFKIT STILL SHOWING IP/S- FOR TWO TO THREE HOURS BEFORE PRECIP ENDS. ALSO...THICKNESS PATTERNS INDICATE THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS AS WELL. HOWEVER...DONT EXPECT ANY ACCUMULATIONS. LEFT POPS PRETTY MUCH AS THEY WERE FOR WEAKER SYSTEM WED/THUR. MODELS HAVENT QUITE FIGURED OUT LATE WEEKEND...EARLY WEEK SYSTEM WHICH MOVES INTO REGION BY NEXT SUNDAY. FOR NOW LEFT SLIGHT TO LOW CHANCE POPS IN FOR SUNDAY. RAY
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-251300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 622 AM EST MON NOV 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT FOLLOWED BY QUICKLY FALLING TEMPERATURES. EVEN A TOUCH OF SNOW OR SLEET IS POSSIBLE AS THE RAIN ENDS...THOUGH THERE WILL BE NO ACCUMULATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
518 AM EST MON NOV 24 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0305 AM 10 W SOMERSET KY NON-TSTM WND DMG
11/24/03 PULASKI NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN
INTO POWERLINES CAUSING
FIRES.
GREIFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
528 AM EST MON NOV 24 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0445 AM LILY KY NON-TSTM WND DMG
11/24/03 LAUREL TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO ROAD
LEADING TO AN AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT.
GREIFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
538 AM EST MON NOV 24 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0515 AM WILLIAMSBURG KY NON-TSTM WND DMG
11/24/03 WHITLEY A COUPLE OF TREES BLOWN
DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
GREIFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
807 AM EST MON NOV 24 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0500 AM 5 E LONDON KY NON-TSTM WND DMG
11/24/03 LAUREL SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN
COUNTYWIDE.
GREIFThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was down on Fox Road (Highway 1886), near Hargett.
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, November 2003
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: 5336465.