Warm, moist, and unstable air, combined with a weak trough of low pressure over Kentucky, to produce severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of June 24th. Numerous reports of downed trees were receieved, with several reports of large hail.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
Warm, moist, and unstable air, combined with a weak trough of low pressure over Kentucky, to produce severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of June 24th. Numerous reports of downed trees were receieved, with several reports of large hail. The largest hail reported was golf ball size, observed near Farmers in Rowan 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 Jun 24, 2:57 PM EST, 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 357 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 .SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...UPDATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FIRING UP SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...EXCEPT WITH THE OCCURRENCE EXTENDING FURTHER NORTH AND EAST INTO OUR FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WILL EXPECT THE SURFACE BASED CONVECTION TO LAST INTO THE EVENING. DURING THE NIGHT...WHAT IS LEFT OF AN UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OVER IL WILL DRIFT A BIT TO THE SE. AN AREA OF DEEP MOISTURE IN THE SW FLOW ALOFT ON THE SE SIDE OF THE LOW WILL ALSO MOVE A BIT FURTHER SE...COUPLED WITH ISENTROPIC LIFT ALOFT. LAST NIGHT THE AREAS IN THIS REGIME HAD EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF PRECIP TO OUR W AND NW. ALTHOUGH THE MOISTURE IS NOT SHOWN BY THE MODELS TO BE QUITE AS HIGH TONIGHT AS LAST NIGHT...THINK THAT THE SET UP STILL DESERVES A SUBSTANTIAL POP...AND HAVE USED 50 PERCENT AS SUGGESTED BY MOST MOS. SOME OF THE NOCTURNAL PRECIP COULD LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING. IF HEATING IS SUFFICIENT...WE MAY ALSO SEE REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WITH A COMBINATION OF THE TWO PRECIP POSSIBILITIES...HAVE USED A 30 PERCENT POP FOR THE PERIOD. ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...THE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN...AND ANY INFLUENCE WILL BE TO OUR N AND W. 500 MB HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD WESTWARD TOWARD US...WITH RISING 500 MB HEIGHTS AND WARMING TEMPS ALOFT. THIS SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTION...AND HAVE DECIDED TO USE THE 20 PERCENT POPS OF THE MAVMOS. THE ATMOSPHERE ALOFT CONTINUES TO DRY OUT FOR TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE E-W ORIENTED 500 MB RIDGE AXIS OVER THE AREA. HAVE KEPT PRECIP OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR THIS PERIOD. .LONG TERM.../WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...UPDATED BACKED OFF ON POPS FOR WEDNESDAY TO A SLIGHT CHANCE AS MODEL RUNS AND MOS GUIDANCE ARE COMING IN DRIER. MOISTURE IS PRESENT WITH SOME DECENT ENVIRONMENTAL INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...SFC TRIGGERS ARE LACKING...UPPER LEVEL RIDGING IS TENDING TO KEEP A MID LEVEL CAP IN PLACE AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE MORE STABLE THAN NOT. BOTTOM LINE IS THE RIDGING JUST LOOKS TOO STRONG TO ALLOW ANYTHING TO DEVELOP. FOR THE REMINDER OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD...THE 12Z GFS RUN WAS NOT AS CONSISTENT AS IT HAS BEEN IN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. THIS MORNINGS SOLUTION TRENDED ABOUT 12 HRS SLOWER WITH THE COLD FRONT ENTERING OUR AREA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. HOWEVER...THE ECMWF AND GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND STAYING THE COURSE WITH BOUNDARY TIMING...SIMILAR OR THE SAME AS IN PREVIOUS RUNS. WITH THIS ONLY BEING THE FIRST RUN WITH SUCH A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE GFS... DECIDED TO HOLD OFF ON DELAYING THE TIMING OF THE FRONT UNTIL THIS LATEST DEVELOPMENT BECOMES MORE CONCRETE. STILL LOOKS TO BE A GOOD FETCH OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. PW/S ARE ON THE ORDER OF 2 INCHES AND PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCIES ARE DECENT AS WELL. SO WE CAN PROBABLY EXPECT A LITTLE HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS...AND BETTER COVERAGE OF THOSE HIGHER AMOUNTS THAN WITH THE MORE RECENT SYSTEMS. FRONT SWEEPS COMPLETELY THROUGH AT THE END OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH THE PROMISE OF SOME COOLER AND MORE PLEASANT WEATHER...AT LEAST FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. && .AVIATION.../18Z TO 18Z/ A THICK DECK OF CI WAS OVERHEAD AT TAF ISSUANCE. HOWEVER...CLOUDS WERE NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP SHOWERS FROM POPPING UP ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT THESE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...GRADUALLY INCREASING IN AERIAL COVERAGE. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO DEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH IN TN. TRIED A BROAD BRUSH APPROACH FOR THE TAFS. GENERALLY KEPT THUNDERSTORMS CONFINED MORE TO THE SOUTH EARLY ON AS THOSE SITES ARE CLOSER TO THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR. INCLUDED A PERSISTENT MVFR CONDITION FOR ALL SITES TONIGHT...MORE FOR MIST OR LIGHT FOG THAT WILL DEVELOP THAN FOR ANY STRAY AREAS OF PRECIPITATION THAT MAY PASS THROUGH. FOR THE MOST PART...TOMORROW LOOKS TO BE A REPLAY OF TODAY. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HAL LONG TERM...RAY AVIATION...RAY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 438 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-251100- 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- 438 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OCCURRING FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GEOGERIAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 320 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 KYZ084-242000- MCCREARY- 320 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN MCCREARY COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... AT 319 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF MARSHES SIDING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MARSHES SIDING AROUND 340 PM EDT...WIBORG AROUND 350 PM EDT...BEULAH HEIGHTS AROUND 400 PM EDT. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. RAY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 358 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 KYZ079-083-084-242045- PULASKI-WAYNE-MCCREARY- 358 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2007 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL PULASKI AND EAST CENTRAL WAYNE AND NORTH CENTRAL MCCREARY COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... AT 358 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DELTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR ALPINE AROUND 415 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. RAY
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
22 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees down blown in southeast portion of county.
Trailer blown off its foundation. One tree down.
Large tree limbs down on Highway 718 and several trees down on Highway 718 near Salt Gum.
Tree down on Highway 3409 near McRoberts.
Two trees down on Highways 1524 and 66 North.
Several trees down on Highway 1524.
Penny size hail at Goose Rock School.
Trees down on Highway 66 near Spurlock.
Penny size hail at Eriline on Jacks Creek Road.
Several large tree limbs down on Jacks Creek Road near Eriline.
Tree down on Highway 1441.
Tree down on Highway 194 near Freeburn.
Tree down on Highway 550.
Large limbs down along Highway 52.
Fifty to sixty mph winds also reported with small limbs down.
One tree down along the Mountain Parkway.
Penny size hail dented a car.
Trees down along Highway 1098.
Penny size hail reported along Highway 1098.
Trees down on Route 378.
Several large tree limbs down 2 to 3 inches in diameter.
Tree down on Route 40.
Trees down along Hardwick Creek Rd.
Several trees down.
Several large limbs down.
Several trees down.
Golf ball size hail reported by sheriff deputy and Morehead State Police nar the community of Farmers.
Large 10000 to 12000 cinder block wall blown over at a Wal Mart construction site.
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, June 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: 39107, 39108, 39109, 39110, 39111, 39112, 39113, 39114, 39115, 39116, 39117, 39221, 39222, 39223, 39224, 39225, 39226, 39227, 39228, 39229, 39234, 39235, 39236, 39237, 39239, 39240, 44915, 39242, 44913, 39243, 39244, 39106.