Gusty winds associated with a strong cold front that moved across the region caused structural damage to a home in Morgan County.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
Gusty winds associated with a strong cold front that moved across the region caused structural damage to a home in Morgan County.
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 Dec 16, 4:37 AM EST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 437 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 .SHORT TERM.../TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...UPDATED THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT BROUGHT SHRA TO THE AREA ON SAT AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT IS DEPARTING TO THE NORTHEAST AND IS NOW MOVING INTO CENTRAL OH. THE COLD FRONT IS NOW THROUGH ABOUT THE WESTERN 2/3 OF THE CWA...WITH THE FRONT HAVING JUST PASSED JKL. GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE ARE OCCURRING RIGHT NEAR THE FRONT. THE COLDER AIR DOES LINGER A BIT...WITH PRECIP NOT HAVING TRANSITIONED OVER TO SNOW OVER MOST OF CENTRAL KY AND IS IN THE FORM OF DRIZZLE. CLOUD TOP TEMPS IN THIS AREA ARE A LITTLE WARMER -10C OR WARMER AS THIS IS THE AREA WHERE THERE IS A LITTLE DRYING OUT OF THE UPPER LEVELS AS DRIER AIR HAS WRAPPED IN AROUND THE LOW. SNOW OVER IN AND WESTERN KY IS BACK NEAR THE UPPER LEVEL LOW. THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...THE FRONT WILL HAVE EXITED THE CWA BY 11Z...WITH COLDER AIR GRADUALLY WORKING IN. THE FOCUS OF THE WRAPAROUND MOISTURE AND PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW APPEARS TO BE CLOSER TO THE OH RIVER INITIALLY...WITH MOISTURE GRADUALLY SPREADING BACK INTO THE AREA THROUGH MIDDAY AND THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIP TYPE WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW BETWEEN 12 AND 15Z. THE LOW LEVEL WINDS DO NOT HAVE A GOOD UPSLOPE COMPONENT UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...BUT EVEN THEN IT WILL BE A LITTLE MORE WESTERLY THAT IDEAL. IN ADDITION...THE OMEGA IN MODEL TIME HEIGHT SECTIONS IS GENERALLY BELOW THE -10C LEVEL AND NOT IN THE OPTIMAL DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE. GROUND TEMPS REMAIN RATHER WARM OVER MOST OF THE AREA...AND THIS SHOULD LIMIT AMOUNTS. THE FAR NW COUNTIES APPEAR TO BE BEST POSITIONED TO GET SOME OF THE WRAPAROUND SNOW...WHERE AROUND ONE INCH SHOULD FALL...BUT THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL PRIMARILY BE ON THE GRASSY SURFACES. OVER THE REST OF THE AREA...ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD GENERALLY BE A DUSTING TO AN INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS NEAR THE VA BORDER. HIGHS SHOULD OCCUR RIGHT AT SUNRISE...WITH TEMPERATURES SLOWING DROPPING OFF THROUGH THE DAY AS 8H TEMPS FALL TO -9C TO -10C BY 0Z MON. SFC TEMPS WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S OVER THE WESTERN AREAS BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND TO AROUND 30 IN THE EAST. TEMPS SHOULD FALL INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE VA BORDER AS WELL. WHILE DEEPER MOISTURE WILL BE PULLING NORTHEAST OF THE AREA BY 00Z MONDAY...WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWER IN THE EVENING WITH MOISTURE UP TO 800 MB INITIALLY AND GOOD COLD AIR ADVECTION LEADING TO DECENT LAPSE RATES AND UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUING. WITH DRIER AIR WORKING IN OVERNIGHT IN THE LOWEST LEVELS...THE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL TRANSITION TO FLURRIES AND THEN END PRIOR TO DAWN ON MON. SOME LOCALIZED LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS COULD OCCUR WITH ANY HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATION AREAS NEAR THE VA BORDER. HEIGHTS WILL RISE INTO MONDAY AND WITH THE PATTERN BECOMING MORE ZONAL BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FOR MON. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT EAST ON MONDAY NIGHT...WITH DECENT RADIATIONAL COOLING. THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN APPEARS FAVORABLE FOR A RIDGE/VALLEY SPLIT AND A HINT OF THIS ALSO IS PRESENT IN MOS LOWS FOR MON NIGHT. OPTED TO INSERT A RIDGE VALLEY SPLIT FOR MON NIGHT...WITH SOME OF THE COLDER LOCATIONS REACHING THE UPPER TEENS. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT TO THE ATLANTIC COAST BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. A RATHER MOISTURE STARVED SYSTEM WILL BE APPROACHING THE REGION ON TUE...BUT THE MOISTURE WILL BE IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL LEAD TO MILDER TEMPS CLOSER TO NORMAL. .LONG TERM.../TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/ A WEAK MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE INDICATED IN THE 00Z GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN AND THE 06Z AND 12Z RUN OF THE GFS AS WELL AS THE 00Z RUN OF THE ECMWF TO AFFECT THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE AND UPPER SUPPORT LOOKS LIMITED AND NO REAL SURFACE FEATURE IN OUR AREA WITH THIS...SO AT THIS TIME WILL LEAVE A DRY FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY. MORE SIGNIFICANT SYSTEMS ALOFT AND AT SURFACE TO AFFECT AREA BEGINNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE WEEKEND. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT KEEPING THE SURFACE SYSTEMS TO OUR WEST AND NORTHWEST. THERE ARE DISAGREEMENTS IN TIMING...LOCATION...ESPECIALLY BY 00Z SUNDAY WITH THE 00Z ECMWF SLOWER WITH THE UPPER TROF THAN THE 12Z GFS...AND VERY DIFFERENT AT THE SURFACE. THE IMPORTANT POINT HOWEVER IS THAT THE PATTERN DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL...AND ALL PRECIPITATION CHANCES FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY IN THE FORM OF RAIN. ALSO THE TREND IS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF SYSTEMS TO TRACK EVEN FURTHER NW THAN THE SYSTEM CURRENTLY AFFECTING OUR AREA. CHANCE FOR ANY WINTER WEATHER WILL REMAIN MINIMAL. HAVE FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE WITH SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS INCLUDING TAKING LOCAL EFFECTS INTO ACCOUNT. && .AVIATION.../06Z TO 06Z/ IFR CONDITIONS WILL PUSH IN FROM THE WEST AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AT 15 TO 20 KTS SUSTAINED...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF GUSTS POTENTIALLY AS HIGH AS 30 KTS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE BETWEEN 06 AND 09Z. GUSTY WINDS WILL VEER FROM THE WSW TO NW BETWEEN 09 AND 15Z...WITH RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON AT MOST LOCATIONS. VFR CONDITIONS WILL THEN RETURN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER WINDS WILL STILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH DUSK. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JP LONG TERM...SBH AVIATION...GEOGERIAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1122 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083-104-106>109-111-112-114- 116-170730- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN- LEE-BREATHITT-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...SANDY HOOK... WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...BEATTYVILLE... JACKSON...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 1122 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND DAWN...WITH LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION. WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO AROUND FREEZING LATE TONIGHT...WET ROADS AND ANY REMAINING PUDDLES COULD FREEZE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW COULD CREATE SOME HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN REPORTS OF FLOODING...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON. KYZ084>088-110-113-115-117>120-170730- MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER- MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG... BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...PRESTONSBURG... HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE 1122 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND DAWN AND ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...GENERALLY IN AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 23. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO AROUND FREEZING LATE TONIGHT...WET ROADS AND ANY REMAINING PUDDLES COULD FREEZE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. RIDGETOPS COULD SEE UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW BY SUNDAY EVENING...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER. STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW COULD CREATE SOME HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN REPORTS OF FLOODING...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON. AR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 308 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 KYZ086>088-113-115>118-160930- KNOTT-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-KNOX-HARLAN-BELL- 308 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 A BAND OF SHOWERS CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 4:30 AM. WEST WINDS WILL BRIEFLY GUST TO BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH AS THIS BAND MOVES QUICKLY OFF TO THE EAST. GEOGERIAN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
County 911 operator reported 4 trees were blown down in the southwest portion of county, 3 miles south of Levee.
Siding was peeled off of a house near junction of State Route 7 and State Route 19, two miles northwest of West Liberty.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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