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NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 3, 9:37 AM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1037 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 .DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT DRAPED FROM THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND THEN BACK THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL NOT MAKE MUCH MORE PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR AREA FOR TODAY...SO STILL ONLY EXPECT AN ISOLATED CAP BREAKER HERE AND THERE DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS. TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE ARE RUNNING ABOUT THE SAME AS YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME. LATEST H8 CHART REVEALS TEMPS ARE A BIT COOLER TODAY THAN THEY WERE YESTERDAY. CURRENT ZONE WORDING OF MID 90S LOOKS GOOD...HOWEVER WILL TWEAK A FEW INDIVIDUAL READINGS UP A TAD BASED ON THE CURRENT TRENDS. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 430 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 DISCUSSION... ANOTHER IS A SERIES OF HAZY...HOT AND HUMID DAYS. FNTL BNDRY ACROSS THE LOWER GT LKS WILL SLOWLY SINK SOUTH. THIS BNDRY SHOULD SPELL RELIEF FROM THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT. A FEW MORE CLOUDS TODAY WILL KEEP THE TEMPS RELATIVELY IN CHECK BUT HAVE ONLY GONE A DEG OR TWO BELOW THE MAX TEMPS FOR WED. MODELS DIFFER SLIGHTLY IN TIMING OF FNT INTO ERN KY WITH THE NAM ONLY AN HOUR OR 2 QUICKER BUT MAINTAINS THE FNT AS AN ENTITY WHILE THE GFS TENDS TO BREAK THE FNT INTO PIECES AND FRAGMENTS THE PCPN ALON THE BNDRY. GFS AND NAM BOTH INDICATE A MINOR MCS WITH A PCPN MAX PASSING THRU SRN IN AROUND 6Z FRI. THIS MCS THEN PUSHES ACROSS OUR NRN COUNTIES BY 12Z. WHILE THE GFS PAINTS AN OMINOUS PICTURE WITH ALMOST 2IN OF PCPN IN A SWATH FM COLUMBUS IN TO PORTSMITH OH...THE NAM ALSO PLACES THE HEAVIER RAIN IN THE SAME LOCATION BUT GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS WHICH SEEMS MORE REASONABLE BEING BEHIND THE MAIN FNT WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER...WORKED OVER AIR. THE FNT DROPS SOUTH OF AREA BY FRI NITE BUT WITHOUT MUCH MODIFICATION IN THE AIRMASS. HAVE KEPT THE WEEKEND DRY FOR NOW AS HIGH PRESS BUILDS DOWN FROM THE WRN GT LKS. THEN AS THE HIGH SLIDES EAST THE RETURN OF MOISTURE EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL SIGNAL A RETURN TO AFTERNOON AND EVENING DIURNAL PCPN WITH TEMPS HOVERING IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 ONCE AGAIN. 500 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006 HAVE HAD A REPEAT OF YESTERDAY. MID/UPPER RIDGE HAS BROUGHT HOT TEMPS AGAIN. ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE AFTERNOON. THEY WILL DIE OFF AGAIN EARLY THIS EVENING. EXPECT COVERAGE AFTER 6 PM TO BE LESS THAN 20 PERCENT...BELOW THE THRESHOLD TO INCLUDE IN THE FORECAST. UNLESS AN UPDATE IS NEEDED FOR GREATER COVERAGE...THE PRECIP WILL NEED TO BE HANDLED WITH SHORT TERM FORECASTS. THE RIDGE WILL FLATTEN AND FALL TO OUR SOUTH TONIGHT...AS THE PREVAILING WESTERLIES NUDGE FURTHER SOUTH BECAUSE OF A LOW AMPLITUDE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL AND EVENTUALLY NORTHEAST CONUS. A DISTURBANCE WILL ROTATE AROUND THE HIGH AND PASS OVER EASTERN KY ON THURSDAY. THIS WOULD SEEM TO SUPPORT A BETTER CHANCE OF PRECIP. HOWEVER...BOTH THE GFS AND WRF SHOWED DRIER AIR MIXING TO THE SURFACE ON THURSDAY. WITH THESE FACTORS HAVING OPPOSING EFFECTS ON POPS...HAVE GONE WITH 20 PERCENT AGAIN. ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH AGAIN IN THE EVENING ON THURSDAY. HOWEVER...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH AT NIGHT. HAVE BROUGHT A RETURN OF CHANCE POPS TOWARD DAWN FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING WE WILL SEE OUR BEST SHOT AT RAIN IN MANY DAYS...BUT AT THIS TIME POPS ARE STILL IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY. PART OF THE AREA IS OUTLOOKED BY SPC FOR A SLIGHT SVR RISK ON FRIDAY. HOWEVER...IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON INSTABILITY...WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SIGNIFICANT WINDS EXPECTED ALOFT. BASED ON RECENT DAYS...HAVE FOLLOWED THE WARMER MAX TEMP FORECAST OF THE GFS MAV MOS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && GEOGERIAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 450 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-041200- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- 450 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE MID 90S WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITIES TO DRIVE HEAT INDICES TO BETWEEN 99 AND 104 DEGREES FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL DISPLAY A SLOW MOVEMENT. CONSEQUENTLY...SOME LOCALIZED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY...CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. DUSTY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
201 PM EDT THU AUG 03 2006
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0200 PM TSTM WND DMG BARBOURVILLE 36.87N 83.88W
08/03/2006 KNOX KY COUNTY OFFICIAL
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. SIGNS DOWN IN TOWN. POWER LINES
DOWN.
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BTThe Knoxville radar (KMRX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees down. Signs down in town. Power lines down.
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