On the afternoon of January 9, 2007, anywhere from 1 to 4 inches of snow fell at various locations across eastern Kentucky. The highest snow total reported was 4-5 inches in Jenkins.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
On the afternoon of January 9, 2007, anywhere from 1 to 4 inches of snow fell at various locations across eastern Kentucky. The highest snow total reported was 4-5 inches in Jenkins. Two to four inches of snow fell in Perry County and Floyd county, with the higher snowfall totals occurring along ridgetops.
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 Jan 9, 6:35 AM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 635 AM EST TUE JAN 9 2007 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... 08Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A WRAPPED UP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER QUEBEC. THROUGH THE LARGE CYCLONIC FLOW AROUND THIS LOW A CLIPPER IS CARVING ITS WAY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS SYSTEM/S COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM TOLEDO OHIO SOUTHWEST TO NEAR PADUCAH. ON SATELLITE THIS CLIPPER SHOWS UP QUITE WELL AS ITS CLOUDS PRESS INTO KENTUCKY. ON RADAR...A FEW LEAD SHOWERS ARE RUNNING OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...JUST ENTERING EAST KENTUCKY. SO FAR...THE OBS SITES HAVE NOT PICKED UP ANY PRECIPITATION FROM THESE RETURNS DUE TO THE DRY AIR IN PLACE OVER THIS PART OF THE STATE...THOUGH LIGHT RAIN OR SLEET SHOWER IS POSSIBLE FROM THE HEAVIEST RADAR RETURNS. TEMPERATURES THROUGH EAST KENTUCKY FELL DURING THE EVENING WITH THE VALLEYS DIPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S BEFORE REBOUNDING AS THE TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT CAUSED SOUTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE. AS A RESULT...READINGS ARE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S THROUGH MOST OF THE CWA. FURTHER COMPLICATING THE NEAR TERM FORECAST IS THE APPARENT COMPRESSIONAL WARMING TAKING PLACE JUST AHEAD OF THE CLIPPER/S FRONT...WITH THE TEMP AT SDF CLIMBING TO 40 DURING THE PAST HOUR. WITH SNOW FORECAST FOR LATER THIS MORNING...THERE IS A DISCONCERTING LACK OF COLD AIR OR SNOW IN THE TRAJECTORIES OF THE IN COMING AIR FROM SOUTHERN INDIANA AND ILLINOIS. THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ALOFT THROUGH 60 HOURS AS THEY TAKE THE SECONDARY NODE OF A BROAD NORTHEAST NORTH AMERICAN TROUGH THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY AROUND NOON TODAY...TARGETING EAST KENTUCKY IN PARTICULAR. FOLLOWING THIS...HEIGHTS QUICKLY RISE TONIGHT AS THE TROUGH RACES EAST. HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE WEEK IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER WESTERN TROUGH DIVING INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY THE WEEKEND. THE TIMING OF THIS LOW OPENING UP AND COMING EAST WILL BE CRITICAL TO THIS WEEKEND/S PCPN FORECAST AND CONCERNS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ARCTIC AIR ARRIVING NEXT WEEK. SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL BE QUITE A CHALLENGE TODAY WITH AS THE FACTORS TRY TO COME TOGETHER FOR A QUICK HITTING BOUT OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS FOR EAST KENTUCKY. THE MODEL TIME HEIGHTS SHOW A SURGE OF LIFT AND PCPN MOVING THROUGH DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE DAY...AROUND 12Z IN THE GFS AND CLOSER TO 18Z IN THE NAM12. HOWEVER...AFTER SHOWING DECENT POTENTIAL FOR SNOW WITH YESTERDAY/S 06 AND 12Z RUNS...THE LATEST ONES...INCLUDING A QUICK LOOK AT THE 06Z...RAISE MORE CONCERNS FOR A WARM BOUNDARY LAYER. THIS...COMBINED WITH OUR WARM START...HAS CAUSED US TO REFINE THE FORECAST TO INCLUDE A PERIOD OF RAIN AND SNOW MIX EARLY THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY MOSTLY SNOW FROM MID MORNING ON. HOWEVER...DO NOT EXPECT MUCH ACCUMULATION IN THE VALLEYS DUE TO THE WARM GROUND AND FORECAST THERMAL PROFILE. ELSEWHERE...ESPECIALLY IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST ABOVE 2000 FEET...STILL SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. ACCORDINGLY...HAVE LEFT THE ADVISORIES AND SPS IN PLACE WITH UPDATES TO EACH DETAILING THE AMOUNTS AND EXPECTED PCPN TIMING TODAY. FOR TONIGHT...THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING WITH JUST A FEW FLURRIES ANTICIPATED AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE COLDEST NIGHT OF THE YOUNG YEAR WILL BE UPON US WITH TEMPS FALLING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 DEGREES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. FOR THE TEMPERATURES IN THE SHORT TERM...WENT WITH A BLEND OF OUR CURRENT FORECAST AND THE RAW NAM12 TEMPS FOR TODAY AND THEN BLENDED WITH THE ADJMET FOR HIGHS THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FOR LOWS...FINE TUNED THE INHERITED GRIDS WITH A MIXTURE OF RAW NAM12 TEMPS AND LOCAL EFFECTS DEPICTING A STANDARD LAPSE RATE TONIGHT AND A RIDGE TO VALLEY THERMAL PATTERN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH THE POPS...WENT ABOVE MOS TODAY WITH THE AMOUNT OF LIFT AND MODERATELY DEEP MOISTURE PREDICTED...AFTER TODAY THE MOS NUMBERS WERE REASONABLE. .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... FOLLOWING THE CLIPPER...EXPECT HIGH PRESSURE TO GRADUALLY MODERATE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH THE HELP OF INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW AT THE SFC AND ALOFT. FOLLOWING THIS...IT LOOKS QUITE WET AS A STRONG BAROCLINIC ZONE SETS UP NEARBY BETWEEN THE ARCTIC AIR SEEPING THROUGH THE PLAINS AND THE SUB TROPICAL AIR BROUGHT UP FROM THE GULF. DID BEEF UP THE SKY AND POPS A TAD HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND GIVEN THE OVERRUNNING AND ISENTROPIC REGIME THAT THE LATEST GFS PROJECTS. OTHERWISE...ANY OTHER CHANGES WERE MINOR. && .AVIATION.../12Z-12Z/...UPDATED TOUGH FORECAST AS CONDITIONS ARE RAPIDLY EVOLVING EARLY THIS MORNING. POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH DIVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA IS FORCING SCATTERED BUT INTENSE CONVECTIVE SHOWERS CURRENTLY AND THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE MORNING WITH CONDITIONS VARYING WILDLY FROM VFR TO VLIFR IN SHORT TIME FRAMES AT AREA AIRPORTS. PRECIP TYPE WILL VARY FROM RAIN TO SLEET TO SNOW BUT GRADUALLY GO OVER TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING AS FREEZING LEVELS FALL. WINDS WILL ALSO GUST FREQUENTLY ABOVE 20 KT THROUGH THE DAY FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE DIFFICULT FLYING CONDITIONS. CONTINUES TO APPEAR THAT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME LESS NUMEROUS WITH TIME THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH CIGS GENERALLY BECOMING VFR BY 02Z TO 04Z. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SNOW ADVISORY FOR KYZ087-088-118-120 FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM TUESDAY. SNOW ADVISORY FOR KYZ086-110-113-115>117 FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 5 PM TUESDAY. && SHORT TERM...GREIF LONG TERM...GREIF AVIATION...ABE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 550 AM EST TUE JAN 9 2007 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>085-104-106>109-111-112- 114-119-101400- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON- WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE-BREATHITT-OWSLEY-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY... PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... BOONEVILLE...INEZ 550 AM EST TUE JAN 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. UP TO AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ON THE RIDGES...AND ON GRASSY SURFACES ELSEWHERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WET WEATHER IS EXPECTED LATER THIS WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND. DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF RAIN...SIGNIFICANT RIVER RISES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY. KYZ087-088-118-120-101400- BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN... WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 550 AM EST TUE JAN 9 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 2000 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WET WEATHER IS EXPECTED LATER THIS WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND. DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF RAIN...SIGNIFICANT RIVER RISES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY. KYZ086-110-113-115>117-101400- KNOX-FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN... HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN 550 AM EST TUE JAN 9 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN VALLEY LOCATIONS...WITH AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG RIDGES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WET WEATHER IS EXPECTED LATER THIS WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND. DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF RAIN...SIGNIFICANT RIVER RISES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY. GREIF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 410 AM EST TUE JAN 9 2007 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>085-104-106>109-111-112- 114-119-100015- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON- WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE-BREATHITT-OWSLEY-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY... PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... BOONEVILLE...INEZ 410 AM EST TUE JAN 9 2007 ..WINTER WEATHER TO AFFECT THE REGION TODAY... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL QUICKLY TRACK FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS MORNING TO THE EAST COAST BY THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM/S TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH THE FRONT TO PRODUCE PRECIPITATION ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY DURING THE DAY AND EVENING. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO MOSTLY SNOW AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE INTERMITTENT BY EVENING. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY EARLY THIS MORNING. BY MID MORNING...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A SOMERSET TO WILLIAMSBURG LINE. AREAS SOUTH OF THIS LINE MAY SEE THE SNOW CONTINUE TO MIX WITH RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT IN THE UPPER 30S BUT FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S DURING THE DAY. AIR TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING AND GROUND TEMPERATURES STILL WARM DUE TO OUR RECENT MILD WEATHER WILL LIMIT ACTUAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO AN INCH...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS SEEN ON GRASSY SURFACES AND ON THE RIDGETOPS. A FEW ROADS...ESPECIALLY CROSSING THE RIDGETOPS...COULD BECOME SNOW COVERED AT TIMES TODAY AS THE SNOW SHOWERS PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JACKSONKY. JP/GREIF
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Two to four inches of snow on the ground on Regional Airport Road at Chavies.
Two to four inches of snowfall at Bevinsville. Two inches fell in valleys and 3-4 inches on ridgetops.
Snow fall of 1 7/8 inches reported at Elkhorn City. Some tree limbs broken with snow and slush covered roads on Highways 80 and 460.
Four to five inches of snow reported in Jenkins at higher elevations.
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, January 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: 10707, 10709, 10706, 10704.