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 27, 8:28 AM EST, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 928 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 .DISCUSSION... IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING FORECASTS TO INCREASE HIGH TEMPERTURES FOR TODAY. 13Z TEMPERATURES WERE ALREADY RUNNING NEAR FORECAST HIGHS IN NORTHERN AREAS...WITH FLEMINGSBURG COOP REPORTING A CURRENT TEMPERATURE OF 84. HTS WV REPORTING 83. SATELLITE SHOWS CLOUDS WILL BE INCREASING AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE PREVENTED FROM GETTING TOO FAR OUT OF HAND. HOWEVER HAVE INCREASED TEMPERATURES AROUND 5 DEGREES OR SO ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 452 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM NORTHERN OHIO THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA DOWN THROUGH TEXAS. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE UPPER 70S AND DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE LOWER 70S AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WHILE TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOWER 60S AND DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 50S BEHIND THE FRONT. PER HPC...LEANED TOWARDS THE GFS. GFS SEEMS TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THE SURFACE AND 850 FRONTS. THE GFS SHOWS PRECIP LINGERING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WHILE THE NAM PUSHES THE FRONT AND PRECIP THROUGH BY THURSDAY MORNING AND SHOWS A FEW STABLE WAVES DEVELOPING ALONG THE STALLED FRONT BRINGING KEEPING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP IN FAR SOUTHEASTERN KY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WILL BEGIN TODAY...AS CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION SPREAD INTO THE CWA. STILL EXPECT SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA TO REACH CLOSE TO THE 90 DEGREE MARK THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH INTO THE AREA LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT...AS A SHORT WAVE HELPS PUSH THE FRONT SOUTHWARD. SEVERE POTENTIAL IS LIMITED TODAY...WITH SOUNDINGS SHOWING ONLY SHOWING SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE AIR AND WEAK UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN REMAINS POSSIBLE WITH PW/S AROUND 2 INCHES. THE 850 FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH THROUGH ON THURSDAY. KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...WITH THE FRONT STALLED JUST SOUTH OF THE CWA. ONLY CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED WAS TO BUMP UP CLOUD COVER ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...WITH THE BOUNDARY REMAINING SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. FOR TEMPERATURES...LEANED CLOSER TO THE FWC NUMBERS FOR HIGHS TODAY...AS CLOUDS AND PRECIP WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. MAV NUMBERS ARE COOLER FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. LEANED CLOSER TOWARDS THE MAV NUMBERS EXPECTING THE FRONT TO LINGER IN THE AREA. PREVIOUS GRIDS WERE IN GOOD SHAPE...BASICALLY ONLY MADE A FEW TWEAKS TO BUMP UP TEMPS A DEGREE OR TWO TODAY AND TONIGHT. 706 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005 HEAT INDICES BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL LET THE HEAT ADVISORY EXPIRE AT 8 PM. WILL UPDATE NPW...ZFP...AND HWO SHORTLY BEFORE 8 PM TO REFLECT THIS. AT THIS TIME DO NOT PLAN ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE GRIDS THAT WOULD IMPACT THE PUBLIC FORECASTS. HOWEVER TRENDS INDICATE THAT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES MAY BE DIMINISHING FOR TONIGHT OR AT THE VERY LEAST BE SLIGHTLY SLOWER TO ARRIVE. CONVECTION OVER NORTH INDIANA AND NORTH OHIO CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS FRONT OVER ILLINOIS AND INDIANA FROM JUST NORTH OF A LINE FROM SAINT LOUIS TO CHAMPAIGN TO SOUTH BEND WITH WAVE ALONG FRONT LOCATED NEAR CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS. THE FRONT AND WAVE ARE SLOWER/FURTHER NORTH THAN FORECAST BY THE 18Z RUNS OF THE NAM AND GFS. FOR RIGHT NOW WILL LEAVE POPS AS IS FOR TONIGHT...WITH 20 POPS OVER MOST OF FORECAST AREA...AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN THE FAR NORTH. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SBH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 606 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 KYZ087-088-118-120-281100- BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...MIDDLESBORO...PIKEVILLE... PINEVILLE AND WHITESBURG 606 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME NUISANCE FLOODING PROBLEMS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AND AGAIN FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TODAY AND TONIGHT. KYZ052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>086-104-106>117-119-281100- BREATHITT-CLAY-ELLIOTT-ESTILL-FLOYD-JACKSON-JOHNSON-KNOTT-KNOX- LAUREL-LEE-LESLIE-MAGOFFIN-MARTIN-MCCREARY-MENIFEE-MORGAN-OWSLEY- PERRY-POWELL-PULASKI-ROCKCASTLE-ROWAN-WAYNE-WHITLEY-WOLFE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE... CAMPTON...FRENCHBURG...HAZARD...HINDMAN...HYDEN...INEZ...IRVINE... JACKSON...LONDON...MANCHESTER...MCKEE...MONTICELLO...MOREHEAD... MOUNT VERNON...PAINTSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...SALYERSVILLE... SANDY HOOK...SOMERSET...STANTON...WEST LIBERTY... WHITLEY CITY AND WILLIAMSBURG 606 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME NUISANCE FLOODING PROBLEMS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND AGAIN FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TODAY AND TONIGHT. KYZ044-050-051-281100- BATH-FLEMING-MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG... MOUNT STERLING AND OWINGSVILLE 606 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME NUISANCE FLOODING PROBLEMS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY AND NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TODAY AND TONIGHT. JM
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:34 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees blown down along Highway 213 near the Powell County line.
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