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 31, 3:15 PM EST, 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 415 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM...EASTERN KENTUCKY CONTINUES TO BAKE UNDER THE CORE OF HIGH PRESSURE. SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM STORMS YESTERDAY... COMBINED WITH BOUNDARIES FROM STORMS SURROUNDING EASTERN KY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN FORMING OUR NEARLY STATIONARY PULSE STORMS ON... MAINLY THE PERIFERY OF THE CWFA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE ONLY MARGINALLY INTO THE EVENING WITH THE SETTING SUN. BY MIDNIGHT...MOST STORMS WILL LOSE THEIR IMPETUS FOR FORMATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. THE STORMS WILL RETURN ON THURSDAY AS THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES...LOCAL TERRAIN AND SURFACE HEATING WILL AGAIN BRING THE POPCORN NATURE OF OUR TYPICAL SUMMERTIME STORMS. LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THE STORMS WILL MAINTAIN THEIR INTENSITY AND WILL BEGIN TO COALESCE INTO LINES AS A COLD FRONT DROPS FROM THE NRN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER OH VLY. EXPECT FNTL PASSAGE EARLY FRI MORNING WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN THE VERY MOIST AIR IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FNT. BY FRI EVENING...COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE AREA WHICH WILL HELP CREATE A MOSTLY DRY AND MORE SEASONABLE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. CONSIDERABLE VARIATION WITH THE MODELS TODAY AND HAVE GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE SLOWER NAM DUE TO THE AMPLIFIED LONG WAVE PATTERN. TEMPERATURES WERE ONLY TWEAKED FROM PREVIOUS FCST AND GENERALLY HELD A DEG OR TWO ABOVE GUIDANCE UNTIL FNTL PASSAGE AND THEN CLOSE TO GUIDANCE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 1115 AM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 DISCUSSION... FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK. MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO HOURLY TEMPS AND DEW POINTS IN THE GRIDS...BUT NO CHANGES TO TEMPS FOR THE ZFP. 12Z 850 MB TEMPS SUPPORT HIGHS IN MOST AREAS AROUND 90 DEGREES. MORNING UPPER AIR OBS...MODELS AND WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE H5 HIGH REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE JKL CWA. EXPECT THE BEST CHANCES FOR CONVECTION TODAY BOTH EAST AND WEST OF THE CWA. MODIFIED MORNING SOUNDINGS SHOW CONVECTIVE TEMPS AROUND 90 DEGREES...LIFTED INDICES OF -6...AND CAPES 2000 TO 3000 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECTING SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION TO FIRE AS SFC TEMPS REACH NEAR CONVECTIVE TEMPS. KEPT 30 POPS WITH SCATTERED WORDING IN THE NW COUNTIES IN THE CWA...WITH A LITTLE HIGHER MEAN RH IN THIS AREA. CURRENT 88D MOSAIC SHOWS CONVECTION DRIFTING SOUTHWEST OVER WEST VIRGINIA...ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER HIGH. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE VERY SLOW MOVERS...WITH A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHERE THEY OCCUR. SOUNDINGS SHOW STORM MOTIONS ONLY AROUND 3 KT. UPDATED PRODUCTS ALREADY SENT. 317 AM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 DISCUSSION... DEEP RIDGING ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN THIS MORNING. STRONG SUBSIDENCE HAS MORE OR LESS KEPT US DRY THE PAST COUPLE DAYS WITH RECORD WARMTH. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN PROGGED TODAY...SO PERSISTENCE (WARM AND DRY) WAS WEIGHED HEAVILY. THAT BEING SAID...THERE ARE A COUPLE CONVECTIVE BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING WHICH WILL LIKELY HELP FOCUS A LITTLE BETTER PRECIP COVERAGE TODAY. THE LATEST NAM APPEARS TO BE DEVELOPING ORGANIZED CONVECTION ALONG ONE BOUNDARY IN THE I-75 CORRIDOR LATE TODAY...BUT THIS IS SUSPECT AS ITS 75 DEWPOINTS PROVIDE TOO MUCH INSTABILITY. OVERALL KEPT POPS IN THE 20-30 RANGE LATE TODAY...AND CHC OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES TODAY SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO YDAY...WITHIN A CPL DEG OF 90 EXCEPT IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS. SHOULD SEE GOOD COVERAGE PRECIP FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO ERLY MORNING FRIDAY. GOOD UPPER SUPPORT...SURFACE BOUNDARY...AND PLENTY OF MOISTURE/INSTABILITY IN PLAY. KEPT POPS IN THE LIKELY RANGE...BUT ONCE THE TIMING BECOMES MORE CLEAR AND PERIOD OF CATEGORICAL POPS WILL BE WARRANTED. SHUD SEE ENOUGH SUN EARLY THURSDAY TO PUSH TEMPERATURES FROM AN EARLY WARM START TO READINGS ABOVE THE LATES MAV GUIDANCE. MADE SOME MINOR DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS FRIDAY DUE TO CAA AND A FAIR AMOUNT OF CLOUDS EXPECTED. 1017 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006 CONVECTION THIS EVENING MAINLY STAYED JUST OUTSIDE THE FORECAST AREA...BUT ONE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM STILL OVER BUCHANAN COUNTY VA AND JUST BARELY ACROSS THE BORDER INTO PIKE COUNTY. THIS IS FORECAST TO DISSIPATE WITHIN THE HOUR. ONCE THIS HAS DISSIPATED SHOULD SEE A DRY NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA...AND HAVE UPDATED THE GRIDS AND ASSOCIATED FORECAST PRODUCTS TO REFLECT THIS. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && DUSTY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 350 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-012300- 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- 350 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE NEARLY STATIONARY CONDITION OF THESE STORMS...THEY MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO CALL IN WITH REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OF ANY SIZE AND FLASH FLOODING. DUSTY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
344 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG WHITLEY CITY 36.72N 84.48W
05/31/2006 MCCREARY KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
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WJMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
350 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENWOOD 36.87N 84.49W
05/31/2006 MCCREARY KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
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WJMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
401 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0322 PM HAIL ALPINE 36.92N 84.52W
05/31/2006 E0.75 INCH PULASKI KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
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WJMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
419 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S ALPINE 36.91N 84.52W
05/31/2006 PULASKI KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN
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WJMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
432 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL 4 W LONDON 37.13N 84.15W
05/31/2006 E0.75 INCH LAUREL KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED
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WJMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
434 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0422 PM TSTM WND DMG FAUBUSH 37.07N 84.83W
05/31/2006 PULASKI KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
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ABEThe Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large limbs down. Flagpole blown to the ground and wrought iron pole damaged on porch.
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