1 high 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 Aug 30, 9:25 AM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1025 PM TUE AUG 30 2005 .DISCUSSION... 02Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS THE CENTER OF THE REMAINS OF KATRINA MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO. ITS LARGE WIND FIELD COVERS MUCH OF EAST KENTUCKY WITH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS TO 25 MPH COMMON. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOWER 70S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S. ON RADAR JUST SOME LIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE PINWHEELING THROUGH NORTHERN PORTIONS OF EAST KENTUCKY. THE BULK OF THE RAIN IS NOW FALLING WELL NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER WITH A TRAILING BAND DRAGGING THROUGH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. EXPECT THE WINDS TO DECREASE AND SWITCH SOLIDLY TO THE SOUTHWEST AND THEN WEST THROUGH THE NIGHT AS KATRINA PULLS AWAY. LIKEWISE...EXPECT THE BANDS OF LIGHT RAIN TO SLINK NORTHEAST DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE NIGHT WITH SOME ENHANCEMENT POSSIBLE TOWARDS DAWN AS THE TRAILING BATCH BRUSHES THROUGH NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. WILL FINE TUNE THE GRIDS WITH THIS SCENARIO IN MIND...UPDATES TO THE TEXT PRODUCTS AND GRIDS WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 330 PM TUE AUG 30 2005 BIGGEST CONCERN FOR THIS FORECAST ARE THE EFFECTS OF KATRINA THIS EVENING AND CHANCES FOR PCPN BEYOND TONIGHT. WATER VAPOR SAT PIX SHOW DEEP LAYER MOISTURE HAS SHIFTED NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA AND AS A RESULT...FEEL HEAVY RAIN THREAT HAS ALSO SHIFTED NORTH. THEREFORE...WILL CANCEL FLOOD WATCH. AS FOR WINDS...AREAS IN THE SOUTHWEST FLIRTING (BUT NOT REACHING) LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA BUT WITH GRADIENT RELAXING THIS EVENING...WILL ALSO CANCEL LAKE WIND ADVISORY. BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER RESULTING IN INCREASED INSTABILITY AND EXPECT CURRENT LINE OF CONVECTION ACROSS EASTERN KY TO INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BEING TORNADOS WITH IMPRESSIVE SHEAR (WHICH IS WEAKENING AS SFC WINDS BACK FROM THE SOUTH) ALONG WITH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH DOWNDRAFTS BRINING 50+ KT WINDS SEEN ON VAD WIND PROFILE ABV 5KT FEET. WITH THE NAM INITIALIZING KATRINA TOO FAR SOUTH...LEANED TWD THE FASTER GFS SOLUTION FOR THIS FORECAST. GFS SHOWS MID LEVEL DEFORMATION ZONE HANGING AROUND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...SO KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP IN EARLY WED. OTHERWISE...WITH RELAXING GRADIENT LEANED TOWARD COOLER GUIDANCE NUMBERS FOR LOWS WED NIGHT WITH WARMER MAV NUMBERS FOR HIGHS THURSDAY. LONG TERM...FRI THROUGH TUE. NOT MUCH CHANGE IF ANY IN THE EXTENDED. MODELS SHOWING GENERALLY TRANQUIL WEATHER OVERALL. OCCASIONAL WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL BRUSH THE AREA. APPEARS FOR NOW THAT SHORTWAVES WILL GENERATE NOTHING MORE THAN A FEW EXTRA CLOUDS. ENSEMBLES SHOW AREA STAYS UNDER 570 THICKNESS THROUGH THE EXTENDED. WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL... EXPECT COOL MORNINGS AND PLEASANTLY WARM AFTERNOONS. 1025 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 FOCUS THIS MORNING WAS ON THE REMNANTS OF KATRINA WHICH SAT PICS INDICATE IS JUST SOUTHWEST OF HOP AT 14Z. LATEST 12Z NAM IS STILL SLOWER THAN 06Z GFS ON THE MOVEMENT OF KATRINA...AND STILL LEAN TWD THIS FASTER SOLUTION. DOWNSLOPING WINDS ARE REALLY REDUCING PRECIPITATION COVERAGE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY AND RAINFALL TOTALS WILL LIKELY BE LESS THAN THAN PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED. WILL CONTINUE THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA...DUE TO FORECAST NORTHEASTWARD MOVEMENT OF KATRINA LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING WHICH WOULD PUT AXIS OF RAIN INTO THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF OUR FORECAST AREA. AS FOR WINDS...VAD WIND PROFILE SHOWING 25+ KNOTS WINDS JUST OFF THE SURFACE. AS RESULT...WILL CONTINUE WITH LAKE WIND ADVISORY. ALSO STILL CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED TORNADOS THIS AFTERNOON WITH 12Z NASHVILLE SOUNDING SHOWING 0-3KM HELICITY VALUES AROUND 900 M2/S2. THINNING OF CLOUDS EAST OF JKL-HAZARD SUGGEST THIS AREA MAY SEE TSRA DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. && 425 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 CENTER OF KATRINA CONTINUES TO PICK UP SPEED AND TURN MORE TOWARD THE EAST. GFS...WHILE IT HAS HAD THE BEST OVERALL HANDLE ON THE STORM...IS RUNNING A BIT SLOW AND TO THE WEST AT INITIALIZATION. CURRENT MOSAIC SHOWS CONSISTENT BANDS OF MOISTURE NOW BEGINNING TO STREAM IN ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES...OTHERWISE...DOWNSLOPING HAS MITIGATED A LOT OF THE PRECURSOR BANDS FROM KATRINA. LATEST GUIDANCE AND CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE CWA HAS HIGHER FLOOD THREAT TODAY...SO HAVE CONTINUED WITH THE WATCH...ALTHOUGH QPF AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE A BIT LOWER OVERALL WITH THE FASTER MOVEMENT...SO WILL FRESHEN UP SOME OF THE CURRENT WORDING...WITH GENERALLY 1-2 INCHES EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-75 CORRIDOR. KATRINA HAS BEEN ABLE TO HANG ONTO HER TIGHT GRADIENT A BIT LONGER...AND WITH THE FASTER MOVEMENT...WOULD EXPECT TO SEE SOME OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS NEAR OUR LAKE WIND CRITERIA...SO HAVE KEPT THIS GOING AS WELL. SPC HAS CONCENTRATED THE GREATER TORNADO THREAT EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS FOR TODAY. SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE DOWNSLOPING HURT ORGANIZED CELL FORMATION ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE APPS...HOWEVER WITH SO MUCH SHEAR...WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION AN ISOLATED THREAT OF A FEW SPIN-UPS IN THE HWO. LATEST GFS MOS SHOWS THE FASTER EXIT OF KATRINA...AND SEE LITTLE REASON TO ARGUE BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS. AS MENTIONED BEFORE...INITIALIZATION STARTED OUT A BIT SLOW...SO HAVE KILLED THE PRECIP PRETTY QUICKLY THIS EVENING...ONLY HANGING ONTO SCATTERED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE STORM. FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ABLE TO BE EXPIRED BEFORE 6 AM WEDNESDAY...BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT MATERIALIZES TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT...WOULD RATHER CONTINUE IT LATER IN CASE THERE ARE ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT LAST BEYOND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. MADE VERY LITTLE CHANGES BEYOND WEDNESDAY. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER MOISTURE LOOKS LIMITED...SO HAVE KEPT THE DRY FORECAST INTACT...WITH NEAR SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && GREIF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 517 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>085-104-106-108-111-114- 311100- BATH-ELLIOTT-ESTILL-FLEMING-JACKSON-LAUREL-LEE-MCCREARY-MENIFEE- MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-OWSLEY-POWELL-PULASKI-ROCKCASTLE-ROWAN-WAYNE- WHITLEY-WOLFE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE...CAMPTON... FLEMINGSBURG...FRENCHBURG...IRVINE...LONDON...MCKEE...MONTICELLO... MOREHEAD...MOUNT STERLING...MOUNT VERNON...OWINGSVILLE... SANDY HOOK...SOMERSET...STANTON...WEST LIBERTY... WHITLEY CITY AND WILLIAMSBURG 517 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA PUSH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY THIS EVENING...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA...POSING A FLASH FLOOD THREAT GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SANDY HOOK TO WILLIAMSBURG. ADDITIONALLY...AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM DRAWS CLOSER THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY. THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WITH ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH LABOR DAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN REPORTS OF INTENSE RAINFALL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KYZ086>088-107-109-110-112-113-115>120-311100- BELL-BREATHITT-CLAY-FLOYD-HARLAN-JOHNSON-KNOTT-KNOX-LESLIE-LETCHER- MAGOFFIN-MARTIN-PERRY-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...HARLAN...HAZARD...HINDMAN... HYDEN...INEZ...JACKSON...MANCHESTER...MIDDLESBORO...PAINTSVILLE... PIKEVILLE...PINEVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...SALYERSVILLE AND WHITESBURG 517 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. AS THE CENTER OF THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA DRAWS CLOSER THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ACCOMPANY ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH LABOR DAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN REPORTS OF INTENSE RAINFALL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GEOGERIAN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down in Williamsburg on South Main Street.
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