A strong wind gust downed a tree in Breathitt County on Christmas day.
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A strong wind gust downed a tree in Breathitt County on Christmas day.
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 25, 3:18 AM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 318 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009 .SHORT TERM.../TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...UPDATED THE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...SO CONFIDENCE IS ABOVE AVERAGE. A VERY POTENT SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE VAD IS SHOWING SOME VERY IMPRESSIVE WINDS. 50 KNOT WINDS WERE JUST 2K FT AGL AND 80 KTS AT 5K AGL. SINCE THIS SE FLOW IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE HIGH TERRAIN ALONG THE VA AND TN BORDERS...THE PREVIOUS SHIFT PUT OUT A HIGH WIND WARNING. THIS TYPE OF SYNOPTIC SITUATION IS FAVORABLE FOR GRAVITY WAVES TO BRING THOSE HIGHER GUSTS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PINPOINT WHERE THIS MIGHT HAPPEN...SO THE WARNING IS FOR THE FOUR COUNTIES ALONG THE BORDER. ALREADY SEE THE GUSTS PICKING UP ACROSS THE AREA. MOST LIKELY WE WILL SEE SOME MORE TREES DOWN FROM THIS STORM...EVEN WITH 30 TO 45 MPH GUSTS. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME MORE PROBLEMS WITH POWER OUTAGES ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DRY SLOT WILL DOMINATE UNTIL THE WRAP AROUND FINALLY MOVES INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THE UPPER LOW WILL LOW WILL FINALLY BE MOVING OFF TO THE NE BY TUESDAY AND SOME RIDGING WILL BE BUILDING INTO THE AREA. JUST TWEAKED THE TEMPS A LITTLE BASED ON MODEL AND MOS TRENDS. .LONG TERM.../TUESDAY NIGHT NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/ AN IMPRESSIVE PAIR OF DUMB BELLING LOWS WILL FINALLY SWING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY FOR THE LAST TIME BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. LOW LEVEL FLOW TO TURN WEAKLY UPSLOPE ON SUNDAY ALONG WITH A LITTLE BETTER MOISTURE THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. THIS SHOULD NOT RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND KEPT PROBABILITY AS A CHANCE THOUGH DID RAISE IT SOME. BEST CHANCE OF MEASURABLE SNOW WILL BE SUNDAY BEFORE THE UPPER TROUGH PASSES BY. LONGWAVE PATTERN TO BECOME SLIGHTLY PROGRESSIVE NEXT WEEK WHILE CONUS TRANSITIONS TO ZONAL FLOW...AT LEAST TEMPORARILY...WITH A DOMINANT SOUTHERN STREAM. GFS AND ECMWF DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY ON NEXT SYSTEM EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ABOUT NEW YEARS EVE. ECMWF SHOWS A MORE AMPLIFIED TROUGH AND THUS DRAWS GULF MOISTURE AND WARM AIR FARTHER NORTH THAN DOES GFS. ECMWF HAS PERFORMED BETTER OF LATE BUT IS TOO EARLY TO JUMP WITH BOTH FEET. && .AVIATION.../06Z TO 06Z/ WINDS AND WIND SHEAR ARE THE MAIN AVIATION FORECAST CONCERNS THIS TAF PERIOD...THOUGH SOME SHOWERS WITH TEMPO MVFR CIGS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE TAF PERIOD AS WELL. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR ON THE ORDER OF 50KTS OR GREATER AND WILL REMAIN THROUGH AROUND 8Z OR SO. DURING THIS TIME...SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WELL THOUGH THESE SHOULD PEAK OUT IN THE 10-20KT SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS UP TO 30KTS. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH AT LEAST 18Z FRIDAY. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR KYZ044- 050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>086-104-106>117-119. HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR KYZ087-088-118- 120. && SHORT TERM...JJ LONG TERM...GV AVIATION...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 531 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>086-104-106>117-119- 261345- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-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...SANDY HOOK... WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER... HYDEN...INEZ 531 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. WINDS OF THIS SPEED WILL POSE A THREAT TO DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ARE CAPABLE OF TOPPLING WEAK OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES. THIS COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL...OR RENEWED...POWER OUTAGES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT CHRISTMAS DAY. WINDS OF THIS SPEED WILL POSE A THREAT TO DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ARE CAPABLE OF TOPPLING WEAK OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES. THIS COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES. ADDITIONALLY...UP TO A HALF AN INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED BY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON AND THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE RUN OFF FROM MELTING SNOW TO RESULT IN A SMALL POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SNOW SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KYZ087-088-118-120-261345- BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN... WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 531 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3AM AND 9AM. LOCATIONS ALONG PINE...BLACK AND THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING HIGHER ELEVATION VALLEY LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTHWEST OF THESE MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE THE HIGHER RISK OF SEEING THE STRONGEST WINDS. SOME THE HIGHER ELEVATION VALLEY LOCATIONS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE COMMUNITIES OF CUMBERLAND...EOLIA...CLOVER...AND SHELALY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT CHRISTMAS DAY. WINDS OF THIS SPEED WILL POSE A THREAT TO DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ARE CAPABLE OF TOPPLING WEAK OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES. THIS COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL...OR RENEWED...POWER OUTAGES. ADDITIONALLY...UP TO A HALF AN INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED BY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON AND THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE RUN OFF FROM MELTING SNOW TO RESULT IN A SMALL POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SNOW SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JJ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down across Highway 30 at Noctor.
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