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NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 28, 9:52 AM EST, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1052 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS REMAIN FOCUSED MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. WILL ISSUE AN UPDATE TO ADJUST TIMING OF PRECIPITATION TO MAINLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND BUMP POPS BACK DOWN INTO THE LIKELY RANGE. BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LIKELY BE THIS EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT AS NEXT SHORT WAVE CURRENTLY OVER W TN SLOWLY APPROACHES. SHOULD SEE ENOUGH BREAKS IN THE AC DECK TO REACH PREVIOUS FORECAST HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 330 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 07Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE NATION WHILE WEAK LOW PRESSURE EXISTS FROM THE GREAT LAKES SOUTHWEST TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. FOR ANOTHER NIGHT...THE HIGH AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS ARE PREVENTING TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING MUCH AND ANYTHING MORE THAN PATCHY VALLEY FOG FROM DEVELOPING. ON RADAR...THE MOSAICS ARE SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA AND INTO THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF OHIO. FURTHER SOUTH...ON THIS SIDE OF THE OHIO RIVER...LIGHTER SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING AND MOVING NORTHEAST ADHERING TO THE 00Z NAM12 SCRIPT. THE WEAK SUMMER TIME FLOW PATTERN ALOFT WILL BECOME BRIEFLY MORE ACTIVE OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH PASSES THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY AND ENERGY FROM A VORT IN ARKANSAS DRIFTS INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE FEATURES ARE SIMILAR IN THE GFS AND NAM THROUGH SATURDAY...SO HAVE FOLLOWED A BLENDED SOLUTION. LATER IN THE WEEKEND THE NAM IS SLOWER TO CLEAR OUT THE TROUGH FROM THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THAN THE GFS...WILL LEAN THIS WAY AS WELL FOR MY GRIDS. TO START THE NEW WORK WEEK...RIDGING BUILDS EAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WHILE FAST NORTHERN STREAM FLOW RIPPLES WELL TO THE NORTH ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER. LATE IN THE WEEK...THE NEW GFS DOES PUSH THE RIDGE SOUTH OFFERING HOPE FOR SOME REPRIEVE FROM THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY. SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL FEATURE SEVERAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EAST KENTUCKY TODAY AND TONIGHT. EXPECT THE ACTIVITY TO PEAK DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WITH ONE LONG LIVED MCS FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY ROLLING INTO OUR AREA...OR MORE LIKELY...A SUBSEQUENT ONE DEVELOPING NEARLY OVERHEAD. THANKS TO HIGH PWS IN PLACE AND THE SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING CELLS WILL INCLUDE A MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN IN THE GRIDS AND ZONES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...WITH THE MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE...DO NOT SEE MUCH OF A SEVERE THREAT...AS MIDLEVEL DRY AIR WILL BE LIMITED ..BUT SHOULD A DECENT MCS DEVELOP...GUSTY WINDS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WITH BE THE MAIN SVR THREAT. FOR TONIGHT...EXPECT THE MAIN THREAT OF RAIN TO SLIDE OUT OF THE AREA TO THE EAST WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF PCPN LINGERING INTO THE DAY SATURDAY. THE NAM HINTS AT SOME ACTIVITY STICKING AROUND INTO THE EVENING...BUT WILL PLAY THAT DOWN FOR NOW...LIKEWISE HAVE MINIMIZED THE THREAT FOR CONVECTION ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. LOOKS LIKE HOT AND DRIER THAN NORMAL WEATHER WILL BE THE CASE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK UNDER MODERATE RIDGING AT BOTH THE SFC AND ALOFT. THE MOS NUMBERS TODAY SHOWED A 5 TO 7 DEGREE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WARMER MET/FWC AND THE RAIN COOLED MAV. HAVE GONE IN BETWEEN... KNOWING THAT IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH TO POP TEMPS INTO THE MID 80S BETWEEN THE CONVECTIVE BLOBS. WENT WITH MORE OF A BLEND OF TEMPS FOR MAXES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. FOR LOWS THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS...AFTER A RAIN COOLED TEMPERATURE FORECAST TONIGHT...HAVE STAYED CLOSEST TO PERSISTENCE FROM THE PAST FEW NIGHTS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS THERE REALLY IS NO AIR MASS CHANGE TAKING PLACE. CONCERNING THE POPS...WENT ON THE HIGH SIDE OF MOS TODAY...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...THEN WENT A BIT LOWER SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. USED MY STANDARD POPULATION METHOD FOR WINDS AND DEWPOINTS FROM THE NAM12 THROUGH 84 HOURS. REIGNED THE WINDS A BIT EARLY TODAY AND AT NIGHT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. FOR THE DEWPOINTS...BLENDED THE OFFICIAL ONES BACK IN WITH THOSE FROM THE NAM12 AND ALSO ADJUSTED THEM DOWN FOR SOME LIMITED MIXING EACH AFTERNOON...MAINLY ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THE REST OF THE GRIDS WERE IN GREAT SHAPE WITH THE MESO-SCALE CONCEPT ALREADY IN PLACE AND IN LINE WITH THE EXPECTED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT. MAINLY JUST CHANGED THE MAGNITUDE DUE TO INCREASED CONFIDENCE FOR A WET 36 HOURS UPCOMING. BESIDES NUDGING UP THE POPS AND SKY TODAY AND TONIGHT...DID LINGER THE CLOUDS AND PCPN A BIT LONGER IN THE FAR EAST EARLY SATURDAY WHEN COMPARED TO THE INHERITED GRIDS...PER THE NAM/S LATEST SOLUTION. 916 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006 PCPN HAS EITHER DISSIPATED OR MOVED OUT OF THE STATE. WHAT REMAINS OF THE PCPN IN THE AREA IS LOCATED WITH THE MEANDERING...QUASI STATIONARY FNT TO OUR NORTH. SKY COVER AND TEMPS IN LINE AND REST OF FCST OK SO...NO OTHER CHANGES. 315 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006 SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)... UNSETTLED PERIOD SHAPING UP DURING THE SHORT TERM AS A LOW AMPLITUDE TROUGH TRAVERSES THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE CONUS. SURFACE FRONT OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL SLOWLY SAG SOUTHWARD BECOMING MORE AND MORE DIFFUSE AS IT SETTLES ALONG THE OHIO RIVER BY SATURDAY. UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES WILL SEND WAVES OF CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT THROUGH THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS. THE MOST PRONOUNCED VORT IS PROGGED BY THE GFS AND NAM TO CROSS EAST KENTUCKY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SCATTERED ONGOING CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH SOME LATER TONIGHT WITH LACK OF ANY STRONG TRIGGERS AROUND...HOWEVER MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IS ON TAP TOMORROW AS THE SHORTWAVE PASSES. NICE H85 JET WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT AMPLE MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE PROGGED TO EXCEED 2 INCHES BY MIDDAY TOMORROW OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY...APPROXIMATELY 200% OF NORMAL...AND WITH FLOW PRACTICALLY UNIDIRECTIONAL THROUGHOUT THE COLUMN SUPPORTING TRAINING OF CELLS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE MENTIONED FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. A BIG NEGATING FACTOR FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS THE RECENT DRY SPELL THE HAS AFFECTED THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS HAVE AVERAGED AROUND 25 TO 50% OF NORMAL. DUE TO THIS FACT...BELIEVE THE BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE MORE URBAN/SMALL STREAM TYPE OF FLOODING WITH ANY TRAINING CELLS. UPPER LEVEL TRIGGERS BECOME LESS DEFINED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT BUT WEAK BOUNDARY WILL HOOVER JUST TO OUR NORTH. WITH AMPLE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN PLACE...AT LEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION IS ONCE AGAIN A GOOD BET...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. TEMP FORECAST IS CHALLENGING...ESPECIALLY FOR MAX VALUES...AS ALL HINGES ON AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP. MET NUMBERS ARE A GOOD COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE WARM FWC AND THE COOLER MAV GUIDANCE NUMBERS AND GENERALLY NUDGED INHERITED VALUES TOWARD THAT COMPROMISE RESULTING IN HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 80S BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. NIGHTS WILL BE WARM AND MUGGY WITH LOWS EACH NIGHT HARD PRESSED TO FALL BELOW 70 AS DEWPOINTS REMAIN HIGH. LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... REGION IS UNDER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW TO START THE PERIOD WITH RIDGE SET UP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. DEEPEST MOISTURE IS TO OUR SOUTH OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BUT GOOD INSTABILITY SHOULD PROMOTE SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION. ON TOP OF THE DIURNAL CONVECTION...COULD EASILY SEE AN MCS GRAZE THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE H5 RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY. GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT ON H5 RIDGE MIGRATING FROM AROUND ST. LOUIS ON MONDAY TO JUST OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST BY THURSDAY. EXPECT TYPICAL DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION EACH DAY AND WILL STAY CLOSE TO GUIDANCE WITH CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD...HIGHEST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. GUIDANCE VARIES WITH THE PROJECTED ARRIVAL OF A COLD FRONT TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK BUT WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP ANY FROPA NORTHWEST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD PER HPC ADVICE AND GUIDANCE. AIRMASS OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS WILL BE VERY WARM AND MOIST WITH DEWPOINTS REMAINING AROUND THE 70 DEGREE MARK THROUGH THE PERIOD. WHILE H85 TEMPS WOULD SUPPORT TEMPS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND AROUND 90 ON THURSDAY...THE VERY MOIST AIRMASS AND ANTICIPATED DEVELOPMENT OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION SHOULD SHAVE A FEW DEGREES OFF FROM OUR FULL POTENTIAL. NEVERTHELESS...WILL GO A LITTLE ABOVE THE 27/00Z MEX NUMBERS EACH DAY...STAYING CLOSE AT NIGHT. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && JOHNSTONE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 525 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-291230- 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- 525 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...POSSIBLY LEADING TO URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...GENERALLY FAVORING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON HIGHS EACH DAY MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT AROUND 90 DEGREES. HIGH HUMIDITY VALUES WILL MAKE THOSE TEMPERATURES FEEL 5 TO 10 DEGREES WARMER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY INCIDENTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ABE/GREIF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 225 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 KYZ088-117-281900- LESLIE-HARLAN- 225 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN LESLIE AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL HARLAN COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON... AT 223 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NAPIER... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR BIG FORK AROUND 230 PM EDT...AND BIG ROCK AROUND 235 PM EDT. THIS STORM WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF BIG LAUREL IN HARLAN COUNTY. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER THEN LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE A HAZARD. RAY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 240 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 KYZ118-281915- LETCHER- 240 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT LETCHER COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM EDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON... AT 239 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROXANA... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR BELLCRAFT AROUND 245 PM EDT...SOUTHDOWN AROUND 250 PM EDT...THORNTON AROUND 255 PM EDT...FISHPOND LAKE AROUND 300 PM EDT...JENKINS AROUND 305 PM EDT. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS THROUGH 315 PM. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER THEN LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE A HAZARD. RAY
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and large limbs down along Highway 15 in Isom. A mudslide also occurred.
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