Scattered thunderstorms developed in moist, unstable air across Eastern Kentucky. A couple of these storms became severe, producing damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed in moist, unstable air across Eastern Kentucky. A couple of these storms became severe, producing damaging winds.
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 Jul 4, 7:30 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 830 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2007 .SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/ FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS LK ERIE/TOL/IND/MCI WITH PRE FNTL SHRA/TSRA FROM WRN OH TO SRN IL. INDIVIDUAL CELLS ARE MOVING EAST AND THE ENTIRE AREA SINKING SLOWLY SE. GOOD CHC FOR PCPN IN OUR NRN COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH BETTER CHC ON THU. FNT WILL SAG SOUTH INTO OUR CWFA ON THU BUT MODELS SEEM IN FAIR AGREEMENT THAT IT WILL WASH OUT RATHER THAN CROSS OUR CWFA. WITH THE BEST ENERGY TRACKING EAST PCPN COULD LINGER... ESP IN OUR ERN COUNTIES... INTO FRI BEFORE LOSING ALL ABILITY TO PRODUCE. EARLY WEEKEND WILL BE DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK INTO THE OH VLY. TEMPS WILL BE WARMER OVERNIGHT AND COOLER DURING THE DAY WITH THE CLOUD COVER. NO DRAMATIC COOL DOWN WITHOUT A GOOD FNTL PASSAGE BUT PCPN ON THU WILL KEEP TEMPS IN CHECK WHILE ADDING MOISTURE TO THE MIX FOR INCREASED RH. .LONG TERM.../SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/ HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND INCREASING TEMPERATURES. COLD FRONT DROPPING OUT OF THE UPPER MS VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK LOOKS TO BE VERY SLOW MOVING WITH MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGING HANGING ON OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. THERE ARE CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCES FROM MODEL TO MODEL AND RUN TO RUN IN THE DAY 5 TO 7 PERIOD...AND HAVE FOLLOWED THE HPC GUIDANCE...WITH FRONT STILL NORTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA AT 12Z WEDNESDAY. WITH THIS IN MIND HAVE CONTINUED WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER CHANCE ON WEDNESDAY. WILL ALSO CONTINUE WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURE FORECAST...WITH ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS SUPPORTING WARMER THAN NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES THROUGH TUESDAY. && .AVIATION.../00Z TO 24Z/...UPDATED IN THE NEAR TERM...THE SOUTHWARD MOVING LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND WHAT BECOMES OF IT...WILL DROP INTO THE TAF SITES OVER THE NEXT THREE HOURS. HAVE GONE WITH A PREVAILING THREAT FOR JKL FROM 0130 TO 0300Z AND JUST A TEMPO FURTHER SOUTH FROM 02 TO 04Z FOR LOZ AND SME. FOLLOWING THIS...EXPECT A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY FOR THE NIGHT...AS THE STORMS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST WILL BE MOVING INTO A MORE STABLE ENVIRONMENT LATER TONIGHT WHEN THEY ATTEMPT TO COME THIS WAY...ALSO WITH WEAKER UPPER SUPPORT. ACCORDINGLY...TOOK CONDITIONS BACK TO VFR...THEN HAVE GONE WITH MVFR VSBY AT LOZ AND SME FOR SOME LIGHT FOG TOWARDS DAWN. FINALLY...FOR THURSDAY...HAVE COVERED THE EXPECTED DAYTIME CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WITH A PREVAILING VCTS. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DUSTY LONG TERM....SBH AVIATION...GREIF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 603 AM EDT WED JUL 4 2007 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-051100- 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- 603 AM EDT WED JUL 4 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY...INTO THURSDAY EVENING. RAY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 839 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2007 KYZ059-050100- POWELL- 839 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT POWELL COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING... AT 837 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTBEND... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR VIRDEN AROUND 845 PM EDT...VAUGHNS MILL AROUND 850 PM EDT...STANTON AROUND 855 PM EDT...ROSSLYN AROUND 900 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AS WELL AS OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. GEOGERIAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 900 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2007 KYZ059-108-050130- POWELL-WOLFE- 900 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT EASTERN POWELL AND WOLFE COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING... AT 900 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SEE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR GLENCAIRN AROUND 905 PM EDT...PINE RIDGE AROUND 910 PM EDT...CAMPTON AROUND 915 PM EDT...BAPTIST AROUND 920 PM EDT...LANDSAW AROUND 925 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AS WELL AS OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IN THESE AREAS. GEOGERIAN
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:31 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees down in and near Campton; one on Elkins Road and another on the Moutain Parkway. Tee down on the Parkway closed down both east bound lanes near the 50 mile marker.
Large tree branch on Highway 30.
Two trees down on Highway 397.
Several large branches on Highway 541.
Two trees and several large branches on Highway 1278.
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, July 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: 46133, 46134, 46135, 46136, 46137.