An upper level weather disturbance combined with cold air to bring accumulating snowfall to the higher elevations of eastern Kentucky.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
An upper level weather disturbance combined with cold air to bring accumulating snowfall to the higher elevations of eastern Kentucky.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 6, 6:51 PM EST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 751 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 .SHORT TERM.../THE REST OF TONIGHT/ ISSUED A QUICK UPDATE TO BEEF UP THE SNOW SHOWERS FOR THIS EVENING. THE VORT MAX MOVING THROUGH OHIO AND DAYTIME INSTABILITY HAVE LED TO A WINDEX STYLE SNOW SQUALL EVENT. EXPECT THESE TO CONTINUE FAIRLY UNABATED THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST PART OF THE EVENING BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES TOWARD MIDNIGHT. WITH THE IMMINENT LOSS OF INSOLATION EXPECT THESE SQUALLS TO HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF MEASURING SO ADDED SOME ISOLATED ACCUMULATION WORDING TO THE ZONES. ALL GRID...TEXT AND WEB PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND ISSUED. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/ A SHORT WAVE WITH A STRONG SHOT OF COLD AIR IS MOVING DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND WILL BRING SOME ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES TO MOST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. THERE IS SOME STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION AT 850 HPA AND THE FLOW WILL BE FROM NORTHWEST. AS SUCH...THERE WILL BE SOME GOOD UPSLOPE FLOW WITH THE SYSTEM. THE ISSUE IS THE LACK OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THAT IS WHY THE POPS ARE SO SLOW. IT WILL DEFINITELY SLOW...BUT IT WILL BE HARD TO GET A MEASURABLE AMOUNT OF SNOW FROM THIS SYSTEM. THE COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL HELP TO DROP THE TEMPS DOWN INTO THE 20S TONIGHT EVEN WITH THE WINDS AND CLOUDS. TOMORROW WILL SEE ANOTHER MORNING OF FREEZING TEMPS AS THE COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE. WENT WITH THE WARMEST MOS FOR TONIGHT AS THE MOS HAS BEEN RUNNING TOO LOW LATELY. WENT WITH A MOS BLEND FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD. THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD SPREAD IN THE DIFFERENT MOS MODELS. TOMORROW WILL HAVE SOME PRETTY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS AND WE ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH. .LONG TERM.../MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/ MODELS HAVE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT THROUGH NEXT WEEK. COLD NORTHWEST FLOW DOMINATES THE EASTERN CONUS WITH MORE SUB-FREEZING OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES TO CONTEND WITH THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE...A TROUGH WILL TAKE SHAPE IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THERE HAD BEEN QUITE A BIT OF DIFFERENCE IN THE EVOLUTION OF THIS TROUGH BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF. THEY HAVE SINCE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT...MAINLY WITH THE GFS SIDING MORE TOWARDS THE ECMWF. A POTENT SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HAVE INCREASED POPS INTO THE GOOD CHANCE RANGE FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW AND CORRESPONDING COLD FRONT NEAR THE AREA. HAVE ALSO INTRODUCED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER GIVEN THE FORCING. COOLER AIR WILL ONCE AGAIN PUSH IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW FOR THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH HAVE LEANED CLOSER TO THE PROGGED AIR MASS BY THE ECMWF...AS IT HAS HAD THE BEST CONTINUITY. GFS SHOWS ANOTHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA ON FRIDAY...HOWEVER WILL ONLY INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE POP FOR NOW...AS THE 12Z RUN SLOWED THIS SYSTEM DOWN CONSIDERABLY COMPARED TO THE 00Z RUN. && .AVIATION.../00Z TO 24Z/...UPDATED WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWING VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO AT THIS TIME. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BANDS ARE BEING GENERATED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS DISTURBANCE...DROPPING VISIBILITIES DOWN AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE AND CIGS AS LOW AS 500 FT. ONCE THIS DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST OF OUR AREA...OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...WE SHOULD SEE A MARKED DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OF SNOW. SOME LOCATIONS COULD PICK UP A QUICK HALF INCH OF SNOW IN THE HEAVIER BANDS. EXPECT SOME CLEARING TOWARDS DAWN...THEN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON AS STRATOCU REDEVELOPS OVER THE AREA. WINDS WILL DIE DOWN TONIGHT...BEFORE BECOMING VERY GUSTY TOMORROW AS CIGS RISE AND GOOD MIXING TAKES PLACE. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120. FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR KYZ044-050>052-058>060- 068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120. && SHORT TERM...JJ/GREIF LONG TERM....GEOGERIAN AVIATION...RAY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1015 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-071100- 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 1015 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A BRIEF DUSTING OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHTS. DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AT NOON UNTIL 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ABE/JJ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 748 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 KYZ088-104-106-107-109-110-112-113-115>120-070045- ELLIOTT-JOHNSON-MARTIN-MORGAN-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-PIKE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-HARLAN- 748 PM EDT FRI APR 6 2007 ...A BAND OF SNOW SQUALLS TO AFFECT FAR EAST KENTUCKY THROUGH 845 PM EDT THIS EVENING... AT 745 PM EDT...A BAND OF CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS...OR SQUALLS...WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SANDY HOOK TO HAGINSVILLE TO PLANK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WITH THIS BAND EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO BE MEASURED IN HUNDREDS OF FEET IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A HALF AN INCH. THE SNOW SQUALL BAND WILL BE NEAR HAZARD...SALYERSVILLE AND PAINTSVILLE AROUND 800 PM EDT...PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN AND BARBOURVILLE AROUND 815 PM EDT...AND INEZ...WHITESBURG AND PIKEVILLE AROUND 830 PM EDT. DURING THIS BAND/S PASSAGE BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS... LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND GUSTY WINDS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. GREIF
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Four and one half to 5 inches of snow on Highway 160 over Black Mountain.
Five and a half inches of snow near Closplint.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, April 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 25073, 25074.