1 thunderstorm 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 Jun 5, 3:23 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 423 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2004 .DISCUSSION... AFTERNOON CU TO DISSIPATE EARLY THIS EVENING RESULTING IN A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. EXPECT VALLEY FOG TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. LAST NIGHT FOG DEVELOPED ACROSS WESTERN 2/3 OF CWA WHERE CLEARING TOOK PLACE QUICKER WITH A LOW STRATUS DECK FORMING ACROSS THE MID ELEVATION RIDGES. TONIGHT WILL BE DIFFERENT WITH A GENERAL RADIATIONAL VALLEY FOG FORMING. NOTICED DRIER AIR WORKING INTO NORTHERN COUNTIES THEREFORE ONLY WENT PATCHY. BEEFED UP WORDING OF FOG TO AREAS OF VALLEY FOR MOST OTHER LOCATIONS. KEPT RIDGE/VALLEY SPLIT IN TEMPS TONIGHT. WITH A MORE NORMAL FOG SCENARIO TONIGHT...EXPECT A BETTER TEMPERATURE RECOVERY TOMORROW...THAN TODAY...AND WENT ALONG WITH MOS TEMPS. DRY TOMORROW WITH STRONG MID LEVEL CAPPING AND NO FORCING. THEREFORE POPS DO NOT ENTER THE PICTURE UNTIL MONDAY MORNING AS SOME FORM OF THE UPPER DISTURBANCE SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH. A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE EARLY WORK WEEK FORECAST ON TIMING/POSITION/STRENGTH OF THIS FEATURE. ADDED A SMALL RIDGE/VALLEY SPLIT FOR PART OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY NIGHT. A SW RETURN FLOW SHOULD KEEP RIDGES UP A COUPLE OF DEGREES. NO SPLIT IN SSW WHERE CLOUD COVER SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE AREA. EXTENDED...GFS/ECWMF/CANADIAN MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT AN AMPLIFIED RIDGE COVERS A LARGE PORTION OF THE EASTERN US...WITH DEEP TROF IN THE WEST AT MID-WEEK. HOWEVER...WEAK IMPULSES CUTTING THROUGH UPPER RIDGE...WEAK UPPER DIVERGENCE...ALONG WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL RESULT IN THE USUAL AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION. BY FRIDAY...UPPER FLOW IS LESS AMPLIFIED AS WESTERN TROF LIFTS NORTHEAST AND WEAKENS WHICH DAMPENS EASTERN RIDGE. SURFACE BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH WEAKENING UPPER TROF FORECAST TO SLIDE INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS BY LATE FRIDAY WHICH INCREASES FETCH OFF GULF OF MEXICO. THUS EXPECT CONVECTION TO INCREASE FRIDAY. GFS PROGS FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY NEXT SATURDAY...WHICH IF CORRECT...WOULD PROVIDE US WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. AS FOR TEMPS...WILL INCREASE HIGHS A COUPLE OF DEGREES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST CONSIDERING STRENGTH OF UPPER RIDGE. && .PREV DISCUSSIONS... 945 AM EDT SAT JUN 5 2004 UPDATED TO REMOVE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. FOG HAS LIFTED INTO LOW STRATUS DECK BLANKETING OUR MID ELEVATION RIDGES. REST OF FORECAST ON TRACK...BUT WILL UPDATE AGAIN TOWARD NOON FOR MORNING WORDING. && .PREV DISCUSSIONS... 845 AM EDT SAT JUN 5 2004 TROUGH AXIS TO THE EAST WITH THE WAVE OPENING UP AND WEAKENING. MODELS ARE TENDING TO BE A LITTLE TOO PROGRESSIVE WITH RIDGING...PLUS FOG THIS MORNING MAKING THE RISE IN TEMPS A LITTLE BIT SLOWER. GOING ON THE COOL SIDE FOR HIGHS TODAY. FOG ADVISORY THIS MORNING WHERE CLEARING TOOK PLACE AND PLENTY OF MOISTURE ON GROUND WITH LITTLE CHANCE TO DRY YESTERDAY. ALSO SLOWED THE RAIN MOVING IN ON SUNDAY AND INCREASING THE POPS TOWARD MONDAY. FORECAST LEFT NEARLY THE SAME FOR OTHER TIMES AND FIELDS. SEVERE THREAT LOOKS VERY LOW FOR TOMORROW EVENING THE WIND PROFILE LOOKS WEAK AND WIND PROFILE DOES NOT LOOK PARTICULARLY STRONG...AND MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE LIMITED SIDE. GETTING RAIN WOULD BE A STRUGGLE...AND SEVERE WEATHER MUCH MORE OF A STRUGGLE. && .PREV DISCUSSIONS... && 1155 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 UPPER LOW HAS MOVED INTO WV AND IS WEAKENING...TAKING THE HEAVY PRECIP WITH IT. SOME LEFTOVER UPSLOPE DRIZZLE AND LOW CLOUDS REMAIN SOUTH OF A JKL TO LOZ TO WILLIAMSBURG LINE. UPDATED EARLIER THIS EVENING TO CANCEL FLOOD WATCH EARLY. CUT BACK POPS IN THE UPDATE FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. ALSO...BEEFED UP FOG WORDING AS MANY AREAS ARE CLEARING OR ARE ALREADY CLEAR AND TEMP/DEWPOINT SPREADS ARE LOW. WEAK SFC RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND WITH DRIER AIR MOVING IN ALOFT...EXPECTED SOME AREAS OF DENSE FOG. LINGERED SOME OF THE FOG INTO TOMORROW MORNING. IN ADDITION...TEMPS WERE RUNNING NEAR FORECAST LOWS ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST SO LOWERED LOW TEMPS A TAD IN SOME SPOTS. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. OUDEMAN/HYSELL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 404 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2004 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-085>088-104-106>120-061100- 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-MENIFEE KY- MONTGOMERY KY-MORGAN KY-OWSLEY KY-PERRY KY-PIKE KY-POWELL KY- PULASKI KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-ROWAN KY-WHITLEY KY-WOLFE KY- 404 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. KYZ083-084-061100- MCCREARY KY-WAYNE KY- 404 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HYSELL
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:25 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
There were roofs and porches blown off of homes. Trees and power lines were down across the county. Nearly every tree in one hollow was blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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