A strong pressure gradient between an area of low pressure that moved across the Ohio Valley and high pressure along the east coast, lead to strong gusty winds during the day on December 2. An isolated occurrence of wind damage was reported in Pike county in the town of Marrowbone.
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A strong pressure gradient between an area of low pressure that moved across the Ohio Valley and high pressure along the east coast, lead to strong gusty winds during the day on December 2. An isolated occurrence of wind damage was reported in Pike county in the town of Marrowbone.
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 Dec 2, 11:20 AM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1120 AM EST WED DEC 2 2009 .SHORT TERM.../THE REST OF TODAY/...UPDATED FORECAST IS ON TRACK THIS MORNING. MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO ISC GRIDS AND FRESHENED UP WORDING IN THE ZONES A BIT. WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF SOME THUNDER LATE THIS AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS DO SHOW SOME SHEAR AT THE LOWEST LEVELS AND SOME VERY WEAK ELEVATED INSTABILITY AS MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES STEEPEN A BIT THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THERE HAS BEEN NARY A HINT OF ANY THUNDER UPSTREAM AND IN GENERAL...WINDS FIELDS DO NOT LOOK AS IMPRESSIVE AS EARLIER RUNS. DID MAINTAIN CURRENT WIND LAKE ADVISORY FOR OUR FAR SOUTHEASTERN ZONE...BUT IT APPEARS MORE LIKELY THAT STRONGEST GUSTS WILL BE RESTRICTED TO THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. CAN NOT RULE OUT AN OCCASIONAL MIX DOWN OF SOME OF THE HIGHER GUSTS TO THE VALLEY FLOOR THOUGH...SO WILL LET CURRENT ADVISORY RIDE. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/ WIDESPREAD RAINS ARE ON THE WAY AS INITIAL OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION ENCROACHES FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. TEMPERATURES ARE HOVERING IN THE MIDDLE 30S IN THE COOLER VALLEYS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY AND HIGHWAY 80...WITH SHELTERED VALLEYS HOLDING IN THE LOWER 30S TO THE NORTH. DO NOT EXPECT THERE TO BE ANY FREEZING RAIN OUT OF THIS AT THE ONSET IN THE NORTH WITH GROUND TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE FREEZING AS WELL AS A SIGNIFICANT WARM NOSE IN PLACE AT 850 MB. ALL MODELS ARE CLUSTERED WELL WITH TRACKING DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND THROUGH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY THIS EVENING. A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL PROVIDE A THREAT FOR GUSTY WINDS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN TERRAIN...SO WILL LET THE ADVISORY RIDE. ST READY RAINFALL WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH THE THREAT OF VERY LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE LINGERING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN FROM BEHIND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM. ICE CRYSTALS LOOK EVEN TOUGHER TO COME BY COMPARED TO LAST NIGHT...SO ONLY MENTIONED DRIZZLE. EXPECT MOISTURE TO BE SHALLOW ENOUGH BY THE TIME THE HIGHEST SOUTHEAST TERRAIN GOES SUB-FREEZING TO AVOID ANY GLAZING. DRY BUT COLD CONDITIONS WILL REIGN ON FRIDAY AS A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS IN. POPS WILL RAMP BACK UP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AS FULL LATITUDE TROUGH AXIS MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. MAINTAINED THE 20 TO 30 POPS FOR NOW WITH THIS SYSTEM AT ONSET. ANYTHING THAT FALLS WILL BE SNOW...HOWEVER LIGHT QPF WILL LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS TO MAINLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN. FOR TEMPERATURES...STUCK CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE...WHICH JIVES WELL WITH THE CURRENT GUIDANCE FOR THE FIRST 24 HOURS...THEN UNDERCUTS GUIDANCE SIGNIFICANTLY ON THE HIGHS FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...GIVEN THE CLOUDS AND COLD AIR MASS IN PLACE. .LONG TERM.../SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/ BETTER THAN USUAL AGREEMENT IN EXTENDED MODEL SOLUTIONS...THROUGH MONDAY AND THEN THE ECMWF HAS A ZONAL PATTERN...WHEREAS THE GFS DEVELOPS A TROUGH ACROSS THE WESTERN US. SO CONFIDENCE IS MUCH BETTER THAN NORMAL THROUGH MONDAY AND THEN SHARPLY DECLINES. ON SATURDAY...A SHORT WAVE WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. AS IT DOES...THE MODELS ARE DEVELOPING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA EVEN THOUGH THE AREA IS BEING DOMINATED BY HIGH PRESSURE AND THE LOW LEVEL FLOW IS FROM THE NORTHWEST. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE CLIPPER LIKE AND THE BEST CHANCE TO GET ANY SNOWFALL TO DEVELOP ARE IN THOSE AREAS THAT GET HELP FROM UPSLOPE. I AM NOT TOTALLY CONVINCED THE MOST OF THE AREA WILL GET MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION...BUT IT MIGHT BE MORE LIKE DRIZZLE AND FLURRIES...DEPENDING ON THE TEMPERATURES. THINGS THEN REMAIN DRY UNTIL THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVE INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM IS STILL VERY MUCH IN DOUBT. FOR TEMPERATURES...JUST NUDGED THEM TOWARD CURRENT MODEL TRENDS AS THE PREVIOUS SHIFT HAD AN EXCELLENT TEMPERATURE FORECAST. && .AVIATION.../12Z TO 12Z/ VFR CONDITIONS STILL PREVAIL EVEN THOUGH THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS COVERED MOST OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. AS THE RAIN CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE DRY AIR BELOW...THE CEILINGS WILL EVENTUALLY BE FALLING INTO THE MVFR RANGE AND THEN QUICKLY TO IFR. CIG HEIGHTS AND VSBY MAY FLUCTUATE BETWEEN IFR AND MVFR THIS AFTERNOON AS HEAVIER SHOWERS MOVE OVERHEAD. AFTER 01Z...THE FORCING BECOMES MUCH WEAKER AND THE SHOWERS SHOULD TAPER OFF. THE WINDS SHOULD PICK UP AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR KYZ088-118- 120. && SHORT TERM...GEOGERIAN/RAY LONG TERM....JJ AVIATION...JJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 617 AM EST WED DEC 2 2009 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>087-104-106>117-119- 031200- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-ELLIOTT- MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY- CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN... BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ 617 AM EST WED DEC 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF SNOW LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. KYZ088-118-120-031200- HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 617 AM EST WED DEC 2 2009 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GEOGERIAN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree limb 2 to 3 inches in diameter was blown down at Yellow Hill near Regina.
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