1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jul 22, 9:57 AM EST, 11 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1057 AM EDT THU JUL 22 2004 .DISCUSSION... REMNANTS OF MCS ARE JUST ABOUT THROUGH AREA. HOWEVER...NEW THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS REDEVELOPED BEHIND SYSTEM. THIS IS A LITTLE SURPRISING CONSIDERING HOW MUCH THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN WORKED OVER. MORE...STRONGER STORMS DEVELOPING IN CNTRL KY AS WELL. WILL KEEP CURRENT ZONE POPS GOING FOR NOW. CONSIDERING CURRENT CLOUD COVER...AND HOW MUCH RAIN WE HAVE RECEIVED...GENERALLY FROM ONE HALF TO TWO INCHES WITH FAR SOUTHWEST BEING EXCEPTION...EXPECT TEMPS WILL HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME MAKING IT TO GUIDANCE VALUES. PREVIOUS FCST APPEARS TO HAVE HAD A GREAT HANDLE ON TEMPS AS WELL...SO NO UPDATE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. && .PREV DISCUSSIONS... 755 AM EDT THU JUL 22 2004 MCS IS PASSING THROUGH THE CWA. THE RADAR INDICATES A PRETTY SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH FROM NEAR IRVINE TO PAINTSVILLE. NOTHING ALONG THE LINE LOOKS PARTICULARLY BAD. THERE ARE AREAS IN THE BASE VELOCITY JUST OVER 50 KTS JUST A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. GROUND TRUTH REPORTS STATE THAT NOT MUCH OF ANY WIND IS OCCURRING...BUT DEFINITELY HEAVY RAIN. SO FAR THE STRONGER WIND IS CONTINUING TO STAY JUST ABOVE THE GROUND. THE SOUTHWEST FLANK CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND MAY HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS. INCREASED POPS TO CATEGORICAL IN THE NORTH AND LIKELY IN THE SOUTH AS THIS MCS APPEARS TO BE ABLE TO HOLD TOGETHER FAIRLY WELL. THE FRONT LOOKS AS IF IT MAY MOVE IN A LITTLE SOONER AS MODELS ARE CONVERGING ON A SOLUTION OF FRIDAY INSTEAD OF SATURDAY MORNING. INCREASED POPS FOR FRIDAY AS SMALL SCALE BOUNDARIES AND COLD FRONT WILL BE IN THE AREA. WENT ON THE COOL SIDE WITH TEMPS AS WE WILL GET TO A CLOUDY AND RAINY START. 951 PM EDT WED JUL 21 2004 CHALLENGE FOR THE UPDATE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. MCS IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA. CORFIDI VECTORS WOULD BRING THIS SYSTEM TOWARD THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. AT THE CURRENT RATE OF MOVEMENT IT WOULD ARRIVE DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. HOWEVER...THE ETA SUGGESTS ITS FORWARD PROPAGATION WILL SLOW SLIGHTLY DURING THE NIGHT. THEN THERE IS ALSO THE QUESTION OF HOW WELL IT WILL HOLD TOGETHER. IT HAS BEEN FUELED BY 80 DEG F SURFACE DEW POINTS THIS EVENING (LOCALLY WE ARE ONLY RUNNING NEAR 70). THE LOCAL 850 MB DEW POINTS ARE FORECAST BY THE ETA TO INCREASE FROM NW TO SE TOWARD DAWN ALONG WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE MCS...SUGGESTING IT WILL HOLD TOGETHER AND ARRIVE DURING THE MORNING. WITH ALL THIS SAID...HAVE OPTED TO EXPAND THE MENTION OF 1ST PERIOD PRECIP A BIT FURTHER SOUTH WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE AREA...AND HAVE RAISED POPS TO A GOOD CHANCE ON THURSDAY OVER ALL BUT THE SW PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. HAVE ALSO ADJUSTED SKY CONDITION TO REFLECT THE CURRENT MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS...WITH MORE CLOUDS ARRIVING LATE TONIGHT. HAVE ALSO MADE MINOR TEMP ADJUSTMENTS IN THE 1ST COUPLE OF PERIODS. 300 PM EDT WED JUL 21 2004 MAIN CONCERN TO EXAMINE FOR THIS FORECAST WAS THE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION. BIG QUESTION TONIGHT IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN MCS TO IMPACT OUR AREA LATE TONIGHT. WITH THE ETA KEEPING THE NOSE OF LOW LEVEL JET NORTH OF US AND BEST LOW LEVEL THETA-E ADVECTION STAYING NORTH OF US UNTIL AFTER 09Z...SO FEEL PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY AFFECT OUR NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA AFTER 09Z. CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION INCREASES THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE ACROSS THE PLAINS AND NORTHERN MS VALLEY RIDES THROUGH OUR AREA. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN PLACE. WENT A COUPLE OF DEGREES BELOW GUIDANCE VALUES FOR HIGHS THURSDAY WITH ANTICIPATED CLOUD COVER FROM PRECIP. BIG DIFFERENCES PROJECTED BY THE MODELS ABOUT OUR WEATHER FOR THURSDAY NIGHT...AS GFS TAKES A WEAK SHORTWAVE FROM NW KS AND PUSHES INTO CENTRAL KY BY 12Z FRI...WHILE THE ETA BUILDS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE REGION. CONSIDERING THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DOESNT SHOW MUCH OF A WAVE IN THIS AREA...LEANED TOWARD THE ETA SOLUTION AND BROUGHT DOWN POPS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH MAIN SURFACE FRONT NOW NOT PROGGED TO PUSH SOUTH THROUGH OUR AREA LATE FRIDAY...BROUGHT POPS UP A LITTLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH. EXPECT PCPN TO LINGER BEHIND THE FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY WHERE 850MB BAROCLINIC ZONE DEVELOPS AND ETA BRINGS ANOTHER WAVE FROM THE WEST THROUGH MID LEVEL ZONAL FLOW. LONG TERM PORTION OF FORECAST COMMENCES WITH THE CWA WEDGED BETWEEN FRONTAL SYSTEM WELL TO THE SOUTH...AND RIDGING TO THE NORTH. BY MONDAY...LOOKS AS THOUGH FLOW WILL TAKE MORE OF A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT AS RIDGING TO THE NORTH WILL SEE A SHIFT TO THE EAST...AND 500 MB TROUGHING IS BEGINNING TO WORK INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...MOISTURE REBOUNDS. UPPED POPS ON BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS AS MOISTURE INCREASE...AND WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH TRIES TO BEGIN TO WORK BACK TOWARD THE NORTH. BIT OF A SHORT MODERATION IN SFC TEMPS AND RH SAT/SUN AND TO A LESSER DEGREE ON MONDAY...THEN A WARMING TREND FOR TUES...AND INTO DAY 8. BOTH HIGHS AND LOWS IN EXT ENDED UP AS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN ENSEMBLE AND OPS MEX MOS NUMBERS...WHICH SEEMED VERY REASONABLE GIVEN MODEL 850MB TEMP OUTPUT AND EXPECTED SKY COVER. && .JKL...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && RAY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 720 AM EDT THU JUL 22 2004 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-231100- BATH KY-BELL KY-BREATHITT KY-CLAY KY-ELLIOTT KY-ESTILL KY-FLEMING KY- FLOYD KY-HARLAN KY-JACKSON KY-JOHNSON KY-KNOTT KY-KNOX KY-LAUREL KY- LEE KY-LESLIE KY-LETCHER KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MARTIN KY-MCCREARY KY- MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-MORGAN KY-OWSLEY KY-PERRY KY-PIKE KY- POWELL KY-PULASKI KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-ROWAN KY-WAYNE KY-WHITLEY KY- WOLFE KY- 720 AM EDT THU JUL 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS TODAY AND TONIGHT. DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AS WELL AS SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS ON FRIDAY. DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. GEOGERIAN
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were blown down near the junction of Route 40 and Highway 2031. Trees took down power lines, leaving around 1,000 people without power.
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, July 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: 5417471.