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 May 26, 8:44 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 944 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM... WILL UPDATE FORECAST SHORTLY TO REMOVE EVENING WORDING AS SHOWERS HAVE ENDED. RIDGING AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND KEEPING OUR WEATHER WARM AND MAINLY DRY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 309 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT) APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND COLDER POCKET OF MID-LEVEL AIR HAS LED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE PULSED UP TO SEVERE LIMITS. EXPECT THIS CONVECTION TO DIE OFF WITH LOSS OF HEATING AND AS SFC CONVERGENCE ALONG THE COLD FRONT BECOMES MORE DIFFUSE WITH TIME. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL COMMENCE TOMORROW...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 80S FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND SUBSIDENCE PROVIDING ENOUGH OF A CAP TO SUPPRESS CONVECTION. EXTENDED...(MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BEGINS TO WANE AND SHIFT EASTWARD ALLOWING FOR BETTER MOISTURE RETURN...AND DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY DROP DOWN OUT OF THE NORTH...WHICH THE GFS CONTINUES TO BE THE FASTER MODEL ON THE PROGRESSION. GIVEN LATEST HPC GUIDANCE AND ECMWF CONSISTENCY...WILL LEAN TOWARD THIS SLOWER SOLUTION... HOLDING THE FRONT BACK UNTIL NEXT FRIDAY. 1051 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 14Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS THE SFC LOW PASSING BY DTW WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING THROUGH THE WESTERN OHIO VALLEY AND SOUTHWEST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. ON THE REGIONAL MOSAIC RADAR...INSTABILITY SHOWERS HAVE BROKEN OUT THROUGH SOUTHERN OHIO...MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA...AND ARE JUST DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. EXPECT THESE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME THUNDER DEVELOPING. HOWEVER...DO NOT ANTICIPATE THE CONVECTION BECOMING WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED. THE CURRENT FORECAST HAS THIS WELL IN HAND. WITH SOME CLOUD BREAKS FOR SUNSHINE LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON THE FORECAST TEMPERATURES ALSO LOOK IN GOOD SHAPE. WILL ISSUE A QUICK UPDATE TO CLEAN UP THE AFTERNOON WORDING AND MAKE MINOR TWEAKS IN THE GRIDS. 632 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 MADE A QUICK EARLY MORNING UPDATE TO REFRESH FIRST PERIOD FORECAST FOR LULL IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. STILL EXPECT CONVECTION TO REFIRE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO EXPECT THE SUN MAY PEAK OUT FROM TIME TO TIME...BUT BULK OF DAY SHOULD SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. UPDATED ZONES ALREADY ISSUED...REST OF FCST PACKAGE TO FOLLOW. 449 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 REMNANTS OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ARE SLOWLY DISSIPATING THIS MORNING AFTER A VERY ACTIVE OVERNIGHT. SURFACE BOUNDARY IS STILL TO OUR WEST. THIS BOUNDARY...ALONG WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS WILL NOT PUSH THROUGH UNTIL LATER TODAY. SO EXPECTED ANOTHER LULL IN PRECIP WITH SOME CLEARING LATER THIS MORNING. THEN EXPECT AFTERNOON HEATING WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO REFIRE ALONG THE BOUNDARY AS IT CREEPS THROUGH THE AREA. EXPECT ANY RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO BE LIMITED...MORE TO OUR SOUTH IN THE TN VALLEY WHERE BEST INSTABILITY AND DYNAMICS WILL BE. MEGASTRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN CONUS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. FCST SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWING SOME WEAK SUBSIDENCE TONIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH GRADUAL CLEARING AND RECENT PRECIPITATION SHOULD SET UP FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR FOG TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT FOR PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE AREA. EXPECT AREAS OF FOG MAY BE LIMITED TO THE VALLEY LOCATIONS SUNDAY MORNING WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MIXING DOWN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...MODEL GUIDANCE IS ADVERTISING A REPEAT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOG...EVEN ALONG THE RIDGES. AND WITH FCST SOUNDINGS SHOWING EVEN STRONGER SUBSIDENCE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...DECIDED NOT SINGLE OUT THE VALLEY AREAS AT THIS TIME. DECENT SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL HELP PUSH TODAYS SFC BOUNDARY JUST TO OUR SOUTH OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER...THE NAM AND GFS ADVERTISE A RATHER RAPID RETURN OF MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH AS THE SFC HIGH PRESSURE CENTER AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS SHIFT QUICKLY EASTWARD. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN GARDEN VARIETY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. CONSEQUENTLY WENT WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE BULK OF THE WEEK...WITH AN INCREASING CHANCE OF POPS AS EACH DAY PASSES FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL TAKE AIM AT THE AREA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY. WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF THIS SYSTEM IS STRONG ENOUGH TO USHER IN SOME DRYER...COOLER AIR FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND. MOS GUIDANCE WAS IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND PREVIOUS SHIFTS MAX/MIN TEMPS GRIDS LOOKED RIGHT ON TARGET. SO LITTLE IF ANY CHANGES CHANCES TO THE ISC TEMPS GRIDS. ONLY CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED WAS TO ADJUST POPS TO PUT A STRONGER EMPHASIZE ON EXPECTED DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWER ACTIVITY. 300 AM EDT FRI MAY 25 2006 WILL LET REMAINDER OF THE WATCH COUNTIES EXPIRE AT 3 AM EDT. SEVERE THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...AS THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE PUSHED OUT OF THE CWA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN...MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 80. MAIN FOCUS WILL BE ON HYDRO FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES...AS A FEW CELLS CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE AREA. UPDATED FORECAST ALREADY SENT. 925 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 ANOTHER QUICK UPDATE TO THE ZONES TO ADJUST POPS AS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENTERED THE BLUEGRASS COUNTIES. ALSO ADDED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. UPDATED ZONES ALREADY OUT. 706 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 JUST MADE A QUICK UPDATE TO UPDATE THE TIMING OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AND ADD THE TORNADO WATCH TO THE FAR SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES OF THE CWA. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && JOHNSTONE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 541 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-271245- 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- 541 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ALSO...FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RAY
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:42 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Garage blown down. Trees also down. Damage occurred in Paces Creek area.
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