A cold front moving east from the Plains and Midwest states approached Eastern Kentucky on the afternoon of June 8th. A warm, humid, and unstable air mass was in place.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
A cold front moving east from the Plains and Midwest states approached Eastern Kentucky on the afternoon of June 8th. A warm, humid, and unstable air mass was in place. This situation allowed for the development of strong to severe thunderstorms across Eastern Kentucky. Several reports of wind damage were received from around the area, mainly with trees and tree limbs reported down. The most significant damage reported was an old outbuilding blown down, along with several trees and tree limbs, in Lee 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 8, 12:19 PM EST, 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 119 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 .SHORT TERM.../THE REST OF TODAY/ UPDATED APPROPRIATE PRODUCTS TO ADD IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HEADLINE. THOUGHTS BELOW REMAIN UNCHANGED... LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS MAINTAINED ITSELF WELL THIS MORNING AND IS JUST NOW ENTERING THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE. THIS LINE OF CONVECTION WILL BE MARCHING STEADILY EASTWARD INTO AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS TODAY. SBCAPE HAS ALREADY CLIMBED TO AROUND 2000 J/KG OVER OUR WESTERN COUNTIES PER SPC RUC MESOANALYSIS. WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS ALREADY NEAR 70 AND SEVERAL MORE HOURS OF HEATING TO GO... INSTABILITY CAN ONLY GO UPWARDS THROUGH THE DAY. UPPER LEVEL AND LOW LEVEL JET DYNAMICS ARE NOT GREAT AND WEAKEN SOME THROUGH THE DAY... BUT INSTABILITY IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO FUEL SEVERE CONVECTION WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ITSELF AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT SERVING AS TRIGGERS. BEST SEVERE THREAT WILL LIE MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN FORECAST AREA... SAY NORTH OF A MOUNT VERNON TO JACKSON TO PAINTSVILLE LINE. THIS AREA IS UNDER THE BETTER JET DYNAMICS AND WILL HAVE MORE SUNSHINE TO DESTABILIZE AS CU FIELD IS BUILDING OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA QUICKLY THIS MORNING. TIMING THE MAIN CONVECTIVE BAND ONLY BRINGS PRECIP INTO THE BLUEGRASS COUNTIES AROUND 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL LIKELY FIRE IN ADVANCE OF THIS LINE... SO THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES AFTER AROUND 1 PM TODAY. /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/ THE SEVERE THREAT WILL LIKELY END BY 11 PM THIS EVENING AS THE ATMOSPHERE STABILIZES AND THE FRONT DROPS SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA. PATCHY FOG WILL FORM IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH. AREAS THAT RECEIVE A LOT OF RAIN WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO SEE THE FOG...ESPECIALLY IN THE PRE DAWN AND SUNRISE HOURS. ONCE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...IT WILL BRING US A NICE WEEKEND. THERE WAS A BIT OF A SPREAD BETWEEN THE ETA AND GFS MOS TEMPERATURES FOR THIS WEEKEND...SO I WENT WITH A BLEND OF THE TWO. .LONG TERM.../MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/ MONDAY WILL START OUT DRY AND QUITE WARM AS HIGH PRESSURE DRIVES THE PRECIP TO THE COAST. LOOK FOR MORE OF THE SAME FOR TUESDAY AS THE HIGH PRESSURE EASES TOWARDS NEW ENGLAND AND THE WINDS RETURN TO SOUTHERLY FLOW. THIS WILL BRING A RETURN OF GULF MOISTURE WITH AN INCREASE OF RH AND EARLY MORNING FOG. UPDATED THE PREVIOUS FORECAST TO HOLD OFF THE NEXT SYSTEM TO LATE TUESDAY NIGHT TO REFLECT THE CURRENT MODEL TRENDS. WEDNESDAY WILL SEE WARM FRONTAL SHRA IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. DUE TO THE LATE DAY HEATING...PCPN WILL BE CONVECTIVE AND SOME STORMS MAY GET RATHER FEISTY WITH STRONG WINDS. BY THURSDAY THE HIGH WILL BE POSITIONED ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST WITH A WEAK TROF CROSSING THE GT LKS. THIS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING TSRA IN THE LOWER OH VLY. && .AVIATION.../18Z TO 18Z/...UPDATED COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS PUSHING INTO WESTERN KY. SHRA/TSRA LEADING THE FRONT INTO CENTRAL KY WITH SCATTERED SHRA /TSRA FORMING JUST WEST OF I-75 AND SCATTERED SHRA FORMING ON THE WESTERN EDGES OF THE HIGH TERRAIN IN FAR EASTERN KY. ALL OF EASTERN KY UNDER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM EDT. WILL INCLUDE IN THE FORECAST MENTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO AT LEAST 50KTS. BIGGEST QUESTION WILL BE TIMING OF FRONTAL AND TSRA PASSAGE. CURRENT TIMING HAS TSRA IN SME BY 1830 UTC...LOZ BY 19 UTC AND JKL BY 1920 UTC. BEST TIMING HAS THE LINE OF TSRA ABOUT ONE HR DEEP SO WILL FCST PREVAILING TSRA FOR THESE TIMES. AFTER THE INITIAL LINE PASSES THRU LOOK FOR A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN FOLLOWED BY FRONTAL PASSAGE AROUND 23-01 UTC. AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE SKY WILL RAISE RAPIDLY AND LOOK FOR CLEARING FOLLOWED BY ONSET OF MVFR IN FOG. AFTER SUNRISE WILL ONLY PROJECT VFR WITH SCT CU. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JJ/ABE LONG TERM....JJ AVIATION...DUSTY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1106 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-091200- 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- 1106 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE BY AROUND 2 PM NORTHWEST OF A MOUNT STERLING TO MOREHEAD LINE AND GRADUALLY PROGRESS TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BY 11 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT INSTANCES OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON. ABE
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:20 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees down on Highway 194 between Biggs and Grapevine.
Tree down on Highway 713 southeastern portion of county.
One tree down on Highway 706 off of Highway 7.
Trees down at Route 7 and 409 near Round Ridge and Johnson Creek.
Two trees and a few large limbs down. Old shed blown down.
Numerous trees down across Highways on north end of county. Highways affected included 40, 460, 1593, 2019, and 1081.
Several wrist size branches torn off trees.
One tree blown over onto power lines at 61 Ratliff and 421.
Numerous limbs down, some as large as four inches in diameter.
Trees down near 1166 and Route 7 intersection. Also near Route 7 and Route 15 intersection.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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