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 Dec 7, 12:10 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1210 PM EST TUE DEC 7 2004 .DISCUSSION... DECIDED TO GO WITH A WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE MIX DOWN TAKING PLACE AS THE SUNSHINE BREAKS OUT IN THE DRY SLOT. ALSO UPDATED THE HWO TO DROP THE FLOOD WORDING AND BEEFED UP THE SEVERE POTENTIAL OF ANY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 1110 PM EST TUE DEC 7 2004 15Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS AN AREA OF DEEP LOW PRESSURE ROLLING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST OHIO VALLEY WITH A COLD FRONT ENTERING WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE LEADING EDGE...TROUGH LINE...WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS RACED EAST OF KENTUCKY TAKING THE SHOWERS AND THREAT OF FLOODING RAINS ALONG WITH IT. SUNSHINE THROUGH SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUDS IN THE DRY SLOT COMBINED WITH NEAR RECORD TEMPS WILL SEND READINGS TO NEAR 70 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. COULD SEE SOME REDEVELOPMENT OF WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WARM SECTOR. WILL LEAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE FORECAST TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. IN ADDITION...THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WITH THE LOW WILL COMBINE WITH THE POTENTIAL MIX DOWN OF HIGHER VELOCITY WINDS TO MAKE FOR A QUITE BREEZY AFTERNOON. THE INDICATIONS ARE THAT THESE WINDS WILL STAY JUST BELOW THE THRESHOLD FOR A WIND ADVISORY...BUT THAT COULD CHANGE. FOR NOW...WILL BEEF UP THE WINDS AND TEMPS IN THE GRIDS AND TEXT ZONES...WHILE LOWERING CLOUDS AND POPS. UPDATE TO ALL THE PRODUCTS ISSUED SHORTLY. THE FFA WAS CANCELLED AT 11 AM EST. 440 AM EST TUE DEC 7 2004 BUSY MORNING. BUSY SFC CHART. LOW PRESS OVER MO WILL CONTINUE ON A NE TRACK AND DEEPEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ONE WARM FRONT PUSHED NORTH FROM THE OH RIVER TO MID OH/IN LIFTING CIGS LATE IN THE EVE. NOW THE COLD FRONT IS QUICKLY PRESSING EAST WITH TS ALONG IT...PRIMARILY SOUTH OF ANOTHER WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE SOUTHERN TN BORDER. MAINTAINING FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY AS HEALTHY HALF TO ONE INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH COLD FRONT. HEAVIER SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED TS WILL ONLY ADD TO THE RAINFALL. GREATEST FLOOD RISK STILL LOOKS TO BE THE CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN WHERE THE MOST RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 30 HOURS...AND ONE AND THREE HOUR FF GUID IS AROUND ONE INCH. THEY ALSO WILL HAVE THE BEST CHC OF TS...ALBEIT STILL A LOW CHC. SVR LOOKS TO STAY TO OUR SOUTH...BUT INTENSE SHOWER COULD EASILY BRING DOWN GUSTS. DECIDED UPON NO WIND ADV TODAY. HAVE HIGHEST GUSTS IN THE FORECAST AROUND 40 MPH TAKING PLACE WITH AND BEHIND THE FNT. POST-FRONTAL MIX DOWN OF GUSTS WITH DRIER AIR WORKING IN A GOOD BET THIS AFTERNOON. LIMITING FACTOR WILL BE HOW QUICKLY THE SYSTEM DEPARTS. WINDS TO DIMINISH DRAMATICALLY BY MIDNIGHT. FOG MAY BE A POSSIBILITY IF WINDS BACK OFF QUICK ENOUGH...BUT WITH LOW CONFID...DID NOT ADD TO THE FORECAST YET. WENT UNDER MOS AND JUST UNDER RECORD HIGHS FOR TODAY DUE TO A RAIN COOLED START AND POST FRONTAL AFTERNOON. WITH WINDS STAYING UP FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE NIGHT AND WITH NO REAL COLD PUSH...BUMPED TONIGHTS MINS UP. HIGH PRESS MOVES OVER THE AREA FOR WED...WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND SEASONABLE TEMPS. THE NEXT SYSTEM...ANOTHER SOUTHERN SYSTEM...APPROACHES THU MORNING WITH THE GFS MAINTAINING ANOTHER SWATH OF PRECIPITATION ALONG THE TN/VA BORDER. 1150 PM EST MON DEC 6 2004 UPDATED EARLIER THIS EVENING...BASICALLY TO ACCOUNT FOR LATEST TRENDS IN THE PRECIP BAND THAT IS GRADUALLY WORKING ITS WAY N ACROSS THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF A WARM FRONT TO OUR SW. RAINFALL TOTALS FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST STILL LOOK OK. DID BUMP UP WINDS A BIT IN SOME ZONES ON TUE AND ADDED NEAR RECORD HIGH WORDING. OVERALL THE FORECAST WAS IN GOOD SHAPE. ISSUED A FOLLOWUP STATEMENT FOR FFA...BASICALLY TO JUST FRESHEN UP WORDING. SOME LOCALIZED HYDRO PROBLEMS LATER TONIGHT OR ON TUE STILL LOOK POSSIBLE. LATER SHIFTS WILL WANT TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION TOMORROW ALONG WITH WHETHER OR NOT AN NPW FOR A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED. UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW AROUND MIDDAY AND INTO THE AFTERNOON ON META FORECAST SOUNDINGS LOOKS FAVORABLE FOR SOME STRONGER GUSTS TO MIX DOWN. THE BEST CHANCE WOULD PROBABLY BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE VA BORDER. HOWEVER...HAVE SOME DOUBT AS TO HOW STRONG GUSTS WILL BE OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION...SO HELD OFF ON AN NPW FOR NOW. && 528 PM EST MON DEC 6 2004 CURRENT SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS WARM FRONT LOCATED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TENNESSEE VALLEY. CURRENT MOSAIC RADAR SHOWS RAIN ACROSS MOST OF TENNESSEE. ETA HAD THE BEST HANDLE ON THE CURRENT SITUATION...SO LEANED TOWARDS THE ETA FOR TIMING IN THE SHORT TERM. WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH OVER THE STATE LATE TONIGHT. FOR QPF WENT WITH 1-2 INCHES ACROSS THE BOARD. SEE THE FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. HIGH WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...AS THE LOW DEEPENS AND THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS ALONG STRONG 850 WINDS. WENT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND 45 MPH ON THE RIDGES. SHOULD BE A LULL TOMORROW WHEN THE WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH AND THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. LIS ARE AROUND -1 TO -2 TOMORROW...SO LEFT A MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. WEDNESDAY WILL BE DRY...AS HIGH PRESSURE SKIRTS BY THE AREA. ANOTHER WARM LIFTS OUT OF THE GULF STATES THURSDAY MORNING...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE STATE. THE HIGHEST POPS WILL BE ALONG THE TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA BORDERS. FOR TEMPS...WENT CLOSER TO THE FWC NUMBERS FOR HIGHS TOMORROW. HIGHS WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND POSSIBLY CLOSE TO RECORD HIGHS...BUT BOTH THE MAV AND MET LOOK TOO WARM WITH READINGS WELL ABOVE THE CURRENT RECORDS AT BOTH LOZ AND JKL. GENERALLY STAYED CLOSE TO THE MAV NUMBERS FOR THE REST OF THE SHORT TERM. FOR THE EXTENDED...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LEANED TOWARDS THE GFS PER HPC FOR THE EXTENDED. BIG CHANGES ARE IN STORE...AS THE UPPER TROF DEEPENS OVER THE EASTERN U.S...BRINGING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND. FRIDAY A COLD FRONT DROPS OUT OF THE UPPER MIDWEST...BRINGING COLD AIR AND A CHANCE OF RAIN ON FRIDAY AND POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SOME SNOW ON FRIDAY NIGHT. LEFT POPS OUT FOR SATURDAY...BUT SOME UPSLOPE MAY BE POSSIBLE AND POPS MAY BE NEEDED. NEXT SYSTEM DROPS OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY... BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY AND RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND ANOTHER SHOT OF COLD AIR. FOR TEMPERATURES GENERALLY STAYED CLOSE TO MEX NUMBERS. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 4 PM EST. && GREIF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1155 AM EST TUE DEC 7 2004 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-081200- BATH-BELL-BREATHITT-CLAY-ELLIOTT-ESTILL-FLEMING-FLOYD-HARLAN-JACKSON- JOHNSON-KNOTT-KNOX-LAUREL-LEE-LESLIE-LETCHER-MAGOFFIN-MARTIN- MCCREARY-MENIFEE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-OWSLEY-PERRY-PIKE-POWELL-PULASKI- ROCKCASTLE-ROWAN-WAYNE-WHITLEY-WOLFE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE... CAMPTON...FLEMINGSBURG...FRENCHBURG...HARLAN...HAZARD...HINDMAN... HYDEN...INEZ...IRVINE...JACKSON...LONDON...MANCHESTER...MCKEE... MIDDLESBORO...MONTICELLO...MOREHEAD...MOUNT STERLING... MOUNT VERNON...OWINGSVILLE...PAINTSVILLE...PIKEVILLE...PINEVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...SALYERSVILLE...SANDY HOOK...SOMERSET...STANTON... WEST LIBERTY...WHITESBURG...WHITLEY CITY AND WILLIAMSBURG 1155 AM EST TUE DEC 7 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64 AND ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF FAR EASTERN KENTUCKY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS THIS WEEKEND...MAINLY IN THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS OR ANY STORM REPORTS THIS AFTERNOON. GREIF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1017 AM EST TUE DEC 07 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 W SOMERSET 37.08N 84.66W
12/07/2004 PULASKI KY COUNTY OFFICIAL
FLOOD WATERS CLOSED TWO ROADS WEST OF SOMERSET...HWY 3260
AND THURMAN ROAD.
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GREIFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
105 PM EST TUE DEC 07 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 6 WNW SALYERSVILLE 37.78N 83.17W
12/07/2004 MAGOFFIN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
3 TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 134.
1030 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG SALYERSVILLE 37.75N 83.06W
12/07/2004 MAGOFFIN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHINGLES BLOW OFF OF COMMUNITY CENTER.
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JCARICOThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees blown down countywide including at Panbowl Hollow in Jackson, Stray Branch Road two miles south of Jackson, Route 1114 in Houston eight miles west of Jackson, and Highway 3193 in Wolverine three miles northwest of Jackson.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, December 2004
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: 5431849.