A fast moving low pressure system brought a period of heavy snow to portions of eastern Kentucky. The heaviest snow fell north of the Mountain Parkway Monday night into the predawn hours on Tuesday with several locations receiving up to 4 inches of snow.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
A fast moving low pressure system brought a period of heavy snow to portions of eastern Kentucky. The heaviest snow fell north of the Mountain Parkway Monday night into the predawn hours on Tuesday with several locations receiving up to 4 inches of snow. Areas south of the Mountain Parkway received lesser snow amounts ranging from a dusting up to 3 inches.
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 Feb 6, 10:40 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1040 AM EST TUE FEB 6 2007 .SHORT TERM.../THIS AFTERNOON/...UPDATED 14Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE RAPIDLY RETREATING THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY IN ADVANCE OF THE INBOUND CLIPPER. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS TURNED THE WINDS SOUTHERLY OVER THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY ALREADY HELPING TEMPS THERE CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE 20S FROM THE MORNING LOWS IN THE TEENS. MEANWHILE...TO THE NORTHEAST...THE ARCTIC AIR IS HOLDING FAST WITH READINGS NOT FAR FROM 10 DEGREES. ON RADAR...THE SNOW IS RAPIDLY ADVANCING INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. INTERESTINGLY...THIS IS MOVING IN SOUTH OF THE EARLIER MODEL GUIDANCE AND A BIT FASTER. HOWEVER...THE NEWEST NAM- WRF RUN IS STICKING TO ITS FORECAST OF THE BULK OF ACCUMULATING SNOW STAYING NORTH OF JACKSON. REGARDLESS...THERE WILL BE A TIGHT GRADIENT OF SNOWFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM SO THE LOW/S ACTUAL PATH WILL BE CRITICAL FOR SPECIFICS. FOR NOW...THE ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS LOOK ON TRACK ...THOUGH THE WRF CERTAINLY IS IMPLYING LESS IN THE WAY OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE ADVISORY AREA. INSTEAD... A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN MAY BE A BIGGER ISSUE FOR THESE AREAS LATER TONIGHT...THOUGH ITS INITIALIZATION OF THE CURRENT RADAR DATA APPEARS SUSPECT. WILL BE UPDATING THE FORECAST...MAINLY TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING AND TO FINE TUNE THE AFTERNOON FORECAST WITH SNOW ARRIVAL TIMING... AMOUNTS...AND WINDS. THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST WILL BE UNCHANGED. UPDATED FORECAST PACKAGE WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. THE REST OF THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/ A POTENT CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL RACE OUT OF THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. WHILE SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AND NORTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY WARM AIR FROM THE SOUTH WILL OVERRIDE THE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AS PRECIPITATION STARTS AS SNOW. THEN AS THE WARM SOUTHERN AIR REPLACES THE COLDER AIR AT THE SURFACE THE PRECIP WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN ALL RAIN. MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LATEST TRACK AND SPEED OF THE CLIPPER WHICH KEPT THE HEAVY SNOW LONGER IN OUR ERN ZONES AND CHANGED ALL PCPN...ALTHOUGH THE TAIL END WILL BE LIGHT...TO ALL SNOW AS THE COLD AIR BEHIND THE PASSING LOW RUSHES BACK IN. THIS SYSTEM WILL ENTER THE AREA...DROP ITS PRECIP AND THEN EXIT AGAIN IN 24 HRS FROM 18Z TUE TO 18Z WED. .LONG TERM.../WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/ RATHER QUIET FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. MOS GUIDANCE HAS RETURNED TO A DIURNAL TREND AFTER WEDNESDAY. EXPECT THIS WAS DUE TO RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE CLIPPER SYSTEM AND A RETURN TO SOME SUN AS THE SYSTEM EXITS STAGE RIGHT. FOLLOWED GUIDANCE IN THIS REGARD AS FAR AS TEMPS ARE CONCERNED...BUT KEPT DIURNAL CHANGE SMALL WITH PC TO MC SKIES AND CAA. CONTINUED GOOD CONFIDENCE FOR COLD WEATHER DURING MOST OF THE PERIOD...BUT THE DETAILS CONCERNING PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL GET MURKY WITH TIME. A LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN CONUS...AND RIDGING ALONG THE WEST COAST INTO NEXT WEEKEND. EARLY NEXT WEAK THE PATTERN BECOMES MORE UNCERTAIN FOR TEMPERATURE PREDICTION. AS MENTIONED...THE PRECIP FORECAST IS QUESTIONABLE THROUGH MORE OF THE PERIOD. EARLY ON...THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS INDICATED LITTLE OR NO PRECIP...BUT BY FRIDAY NIGHT THE TIMING OF WEAK SYSTEMS BECOMES AN ISSUE. HAVE USED A BLANKET 20 PERCENT POP FROM FRIDAY NIGHT ON. BEST BET IS FOR SNOW AS THE PRECIP TYPE IF PRECIP OCCURS. HOWEVER...WOULD NOT RULE OUT SOME RAIN OR MIX...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN AREAS. && .AVIATION.../12Z TO 12Z/ CLOUDS WERE INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. SATELLITE PICTURES AND SURFACE OBS SHOW AN SC DECK AT AROUND 6000 FEET ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF OUR CWA...NEAR THE LOZ AND SME TAF SITES...WITH AC AT AROUND 10000 FT MOVING IN ELSEWHERE. SHOULD SEE CIGS GRADUALLY LOWER TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA...INCLUDING THE JKL TAF SITE. MODELS ARE SHOWING A QUICK MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STILL ON TRACK TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. GENERALLY FOLLOWED CLOSE TO THE GFS AND NGM MODEL SOLUTIONS...WHICH BRING PRECIP IN DURING THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AT JKL. THE PRECIP SHOULD BE ALL SNOW AT JKL AND POINTS NORTH. AREAS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER...INCLUDING LOZ AND SME...WILL SEE MORE RAIN. 1000-850 MB THICKNESSES...GO ABOVE 1300M IN THIS AREA...WITH THE 1000-500 MB THICKNESSES GOING ABOVE 5400 M. SURFACE TEMPS SHOULD BE ABOVE FREEZING ALSO...SO DID NOT INCLUDE A MENTION OF FREEZING PRECIP IN THE TAFS AT LOZ AND SME. EXPECT MVFR CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AT JKL...WITH CONDITIONS WORSENING TO IFR...WITH OCCASIONAL LIFR CONDITIONS BY EVENING. EXPECT MAINLY MVFR CONDITIONS AT LOZ BY EVENING...WITH OCCASIONAL MVFR AT SME...GOING TO PREDOMINATE MVFR AFTER THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES BY. LOW CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THIS LOW. THE PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AFTER 06Z. ADDED WIND SHEAR TO THE TAFS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE SHEAR WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE SOUTH AT LOZ AND SME WHERE A STRONGER LOW LEVEL JET WILL BE IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. WILL LIKELY HAVE SOME MODERATE SHEAR AT JKL. EXPECT IMPROVING CONDITIONS AFTER THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD WEDNESDAY MORNING. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR KYZ044-050>052-060-104-106-107-109-110-119-120. SNOW ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR KYZ058-059-069-108-111>114. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR KYZ088-115-117-118. && SHORT TERM...DUSTY/GREIF LONG TERM....DUSTY AVIATION...WJM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 419 AM EST TUE FEB 6 2007 KYZ044-050>052-060-104-106-107-109-110-119-120-071230- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON- MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...FRENCHBURG...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY... PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE 419 AM EST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL TUESDAY EVENING AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY SNOWFALL REPORTS. KYZ058-059-069-108-111>114-071230- ESTILL-POWELL-JACKSON-WOLFE-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...MCKEE...CAMPTON... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE 419 AM EST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL TUESDAY EVENING AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY SNOWFALL REPORTS. KYZ088-115-117-118-071230- HARLAN-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG 419 AM EST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO LIGHT SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY SNOW AND ICE REPORTS. KYZ068-079-080-083>087-116-071230- ROCKCASTLE-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...SOMERSET...LONDON... MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...MANCHESTER 419 AM EST TUE FEB 6 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. EXPECT LESS THAN ONE INCH OF ACCUMULATION WITH THIS EVENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CONTINUE WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY SNOW AND ICE REPORTS. DUSTY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 925 AM EST TUE FEB 6 2007 KYZ068-079-080-083>087-116-070530- ROCKCASTLE-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...SOMERSET...LONDON... MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...MANCHESTER 925 AM EST TUE FEB 6 2007 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND DURING THE NIGHT IN THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY OF EAST KENTUCKY... A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...HEADING TOWARDS KENTUCKY FROM THE PLAINS...WILL BRING WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIGHT...WITH AMOUNTS RANGING FROM A TRACE ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER TO AROUND AN INCH IN NORTHERN ROCKCASTLE...LAUREL AND CLAY COUNTIES. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE NORTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY. SOUTH OF THERE...ANY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO LIGHT RAIN TUESDAY EVENING...MINIMIZING ACCUMULATION. FURTHER NORTH AND EAST...SNOW AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITIONAL...THERE IS A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. GREIF
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Measured 4 inches of snowfall 4 miles northeast of Flemingsburg.
Measured snowfall of 4 inches at Bruin.
Estimated 4 inches of snowfall at Wrigley.
Measured 4 inches of snowfall at Triplett.
Measured 4 inches of snow at Bethel.
Measured 4 inches of snow at Keaton.
Estimated 4 inches of snowfall 2 miles northwest of Inez.
Estimated 4 inches of snowfall 4 miles north of Artville.
Measured 4 inches of snowfall at Salyersville.
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, February 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: 10735, 10736, 10737, 10738, 10739, 10740, 10742, 10743, 10741.