1 strong 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 Feb 16, 10:20 PM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1020 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED THE FORECAST TO CHANGE THE TIMING OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. AT 10 PM...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST OHIO... THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY TO CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THIS FRONT HAS BEEN PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER AS IT APPROACHES. WESTERN KENTUCKY AND PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAVE BEEN UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. THE MODELS ARE SHOWING THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMING MUCH MORE STABLE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND THIS SHOULD HELP TO DIMINISH ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE SQUALL LINE HAS BEEN HOLDING TOGETHER BETTER THAN THE MODELS HAVE PREDICTED...SO IT WILL REQUIRE CLOSE MONITORING. THE FRONT SHOULD BE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY FROM 1 TO 6 AM EST. AN ADDITIONAL DANGER FROM THIS FRONT IS THAT IT WILL MIX DOWN SOME OF THE VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT. THE BUFKIT IS SHOWING FIVE THOUSAND FOOT WINDS OF UP TO 70 KNOTS. WE ARE STICKING WITH ADVISORY CRITERIA WINDS FOR THE AREA WHICH SHOULD OCCUR MAINLY JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND THEN WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED HIGH ELEVATION STATIONS THAT COULD RECEIVE WINDS NEAR THE 57 MPH THRESHOLD FOR ADVISORIES. THE BUFKIT WAS ALSO SHOWING A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE REST OF THE FORECAST IS ON TRACK. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 430 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006 SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... A NEW RECORD HIGH WAS OBSERVED AT JACKSON TODAY...WITH STRONG DOWNSLOPING AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE SHORT TERM. 21Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS THE COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM ILLINOIS DOWN INTO OKLAHOMA. COLD FRONT GETS A PUSH...AS A SHORTWAVE DROPS OUT OF THE PLAINS AND PUSHES THE FRONT RAPIDLY THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. CONTINUED WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 6 AM EST...AS THE GRADIENT CONTINUES TO TIGHTEN OVER THE AREA. MODELS ALSO STILL INDICATE A 60 TO 70 KT LLJ MOVING OVERHEAD OVERNIGHT. MAIN CONCERN IS MIXING IN CONVECTION...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO POTENTIAL SEVERE STORMS. ENDED THE WIND ADVISORY AT 6 AM EST...AS THE LLJ PULLS EAST OF THE AREA. WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE THUNDERSTORM WORDING IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT...AS THE MODELS STILL INDICATE SOME WEAK INSTABILITY. SEVERE THREAT LOOKS LIMITED OVERNIGHT THOUGH...WITH SOME MIDLEVEL CAPPING. SPC HAS ALSO MOVED THE SLIGHT RISK AREA WEST OF THE CWA. THE SPRING LIKE WEATHER WILL END TONIGHT...AS TEMPERATURES DROP RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT. SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWING MOISTURE QUICKLY EXITING THE AREA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...SO ONLY LEFT POPS IN OVER THE FAR EAST AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA EARLY TOMORROW. EXTENDED (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... LEANED TOWARDS THE GFS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AS THE GFS HAS BEEN MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE PRECIPITATION OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. OTHERWISE...WENT WITH A BLEND OF THE ECMWF AND THE GFS FOR THE GRIDS. ALOFT...ZONAL FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD. AT THE SURFACE...GFS INDICATES A WAVE MOVING OUT OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT AND MOVING INTO TENNESSEE VALLEY SATURDAY. LEFT POPS GENERALLY SOUTH OF I 64 ON SATURDAY...AS MODELS ARE INDICATING SOME OVERRUNNING OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. KEEP SNOWFALL TOTALS LIGHT FOR NOW...BUT TOTALS MAY HAVE TO BE BUMPED UP IF THE GFS VERIFIES. HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. BUMPED UP THE POPS...AS AN INVERTED TROF SETS UP OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND WILL BRING PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA INTO MONDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA AGAIN ON TUESDAY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. REINTRODUCED POPS ON THURSDAY...AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS ACROSS THE AREA. STAYED CLOSE TO THE MEX NUMBERS FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR THE PERIOD. 1050 AM EST THU FEB 16 2006 FCST CHALLENGE OF THE DAY CONCERNS THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY. AFTER MULLING OVER THIS MORNINGS UPPER AIR SOUNDINGS AND CHARTS...AND AFTER LOOKING OVER UPSTREAM SFC OBS AND VAD WIND PROFILES...AM INCLINED TO BELIEVE THAT THE AREA WILL NOT SEE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND CRITERIA UNTIL LATER...PROBABLY NOT UNTIL CLOSER TO SUNSET. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED GUST TO 45 MPH IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ALONG THE MOUNTAIN PASSES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SO WILL COMPROMISE AND REISSUE OUR NPW TO TAKE EFFECT AT 4 PM INSTEAD OF NOON. WILL BE ISSUING AN UPDATE TO THE ZONES FOR MORNING WORDING AND TO PUSH THE WIND ADVISORY BACK UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON. UPDATED PRODUCTS WILL BE OUT SOON. 433 AM EST THU FEB 16 2006 SHORT TERM...MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH REGARDS TO APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL AFFECT AREA WEATHER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. WENT WITH THE GFS MODEL FOR CONSISTENCY SAKE. PRIMARY FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE STRENGTH OF WINDS TODAY INTO TOMORROW MORNING. AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES OUT OF THE PLAINS TONIGHT...TWO THINGS WILL HAPPEN. FIRST...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING LOW AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL INCREASE CONSIDERABLY...LEADING TO A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ALSO...THE 850 HPA JET STREAM WILL STRENGTHEN CONSIDERABLY...TO AROUND 70 KTS LATER TONIGHT...WHICH WILL FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO VERY GUSTY WINDS LATER TONIGHT...AS SOME OF THESE MID LEVEL WINDS ARE MIXED TO THE SURFACE. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED TO ADDRESS THIS. FRONT WILL INITIALLY MAKE LITTLE EASTWARD PROGRESSION...UNTIL A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH EJECTS OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES LATER TONIGHT...FINALLY PUSHING THE FRONT EASTWARD. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG AND PERHAPS JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATING A SMALL AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY...COMBINED WITH THE STRONG LOW LEVEL JET AND ISENTROPIC LIFT AHEAD OF COLD FRONT...WILL PROBABLY BE ENOUGH TO FIRE UP AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY CONVECTIVE SHOWERS OR STORMS THAT FORM WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE VERY GUSTY AND WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR TONIGHT WERE INCREASED SLIGHTLY TO HIGH CHANCE CATEGORY...PER LATEST MOS NUMBERS AND CONSISTENT HANDLING OF FRIDAYS FROPA BY THE MODELS. THERE WAS SOME UNCERTAINTY AMONGST THE MODELS REGARDING SATURDAYS WEATHER. IT APPEARS AS IF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE FORMS ALONG THE TRAILING END OF A COLD FRONT SATURDAY...ALONG THE GULF COAST. THE NAM KEEPS THIS SYSTEM FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO KEEP PRECIP OUT OF KENTUCKY. HOWEVER...THE MORE CONSISTENT GFS IS STILL BRINGING A LARGE AREA OF PRECIP INTO THE REGION...SO WENT WITH THAT SOLUTION ONCE AGAIN. WITH VERY COLD AIR MOVING IN BEHIND FRONT ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY FOR SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS MOST OF CWA SATURDAY...AS NORTHWEST FLOW AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE SET THE STAGE FOR A TYPICAL UPSLOPE SNOW EVENT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER RECEIVING A BIT MORE. WENT WITH A BLEND OF MAV AND MET MOS FOR TEMPERATURES TODAY AND TOMORROW...WITH A BIAS TOWARD THE MET AS IT SEEMS TO BE HANDLING TEMPERATURES THE BEST LATELY. WENT A BLEND OF MEX MOS AND ENSEMBLE MRF MOS FOR SATURDAYS TEMPERATURES. WITH SOME CLOUD COVER IN PLACE FRIDAY NIGHT...DONT THINK TEMPERATURES WILL FALL QUITE AS MUCH DURING THE NIGHT AS NORMAL...THEREFORE SATURDAYS TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE A BIT WARMER THAN WHAT IS REFLECTED IN CURRENT MEXMOS...SO WENT A BIT WARMER THAN MEXMOS FOR HIGHS ON SATURDAY. DEWPOINTS LOOKED PRETTY GOOD AND WERE TWEAKED ONLY SLIGHTLY. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. && JJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 650 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-171000- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE... CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 1253 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE FORECAST THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS. A SLIGHT INCREASE IS ANTICIPATED LATER TONIGHT AS THE FRONT APPROACHES...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN PLACES. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE GREATEST THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE VICINITY OF MOUNT STERLING ...OWINGSVILLE...AND FLEMINGSBURG. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY... AND ALSO SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT ANY ACCUMULATION WOULD BE LIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR HIGH WINDS TONIGHT. JJ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree down across Highway 1228.
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