A band of showers and thunderstorms produced isolated occurrences of severe weather during the afternoon hours of June 22nd.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
A band of showers and thunderstorms produced isolated occurrences of severe weather during the afternoon hours of June 22nd.
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 22, 11:47 AM EST, 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1247 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2009 .SHORT TERM...UPDATED MESOSCALE UPDATE... LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES MOVE SOUTH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE MAJORITY OF THESE ON THE EASTERN FLANK HAVE BEEN WEAKENING AS THEY MOVE INTO A LESS FAVORABLE AIR MASS ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 75 CORRIDOR. STILL...A FEW OF THE MORE INTENSE STORMS FORMING ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF THE LINE MAY CLIP WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR...SO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS THREAT PASSES. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /THE REST OF TODAY/ LAST OF THE SHOWERS FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING ARE EXITING INTO TENNESSEE. OUR EYES ARE THEN TURNED TOWARDS A COMPACT COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY AFFECTING NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. CLOUDS FROM EARLIER ACTIVITY HAS LIMITED HEATING THIS MORNING ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 75 CORRIDOR. EXPECT THE MORE INTENSE CELLS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS COMPLEX TO STAY JUST TO WEST OF THE CWA...HOWEVER DO EXPECT THAT SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE LIKELY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 75 CORRIDOR...SO HAVE GONE WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS. THIS SHOULD BE IMPACTING THE AREA FROM BETWEEN 16 AND 19Z...AND THEN CONVECTION SHOULD BE ON THE GENERAL DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE THEREAFTER...SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. ALL OF THE CLOUDS WILL SUPPRESS HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...HOWEVER IT WILL ONLY TAKE AN HOUR OR TWO OF DECENT HEATING LATE IN THE DAY TO SURGE BACK INTO THE 85 TO 90 DEGREE RANGE...SO BELIEVE MOST HIGH TEMPERATURE READINGS WILL BE REACHED AT SOME POINT. WILL MAINLY JUST DECREASE THE DIURNAL RISE IN PLACES. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/ THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED FROM MINNESOTA DOWN THROUGH ILLINOIS INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE WILL REMAIN PRETTY MUCH STATIONARY THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. THE BOUNDARY IS ALREADY FAIRLY HARD TO FIND BUT SHOULD BECOME EVEN MORE DIFFUSE WITH TIME HOWEVER. PROGS ARE ALL SIMILAR IN THEIR DEPICTION OF A GRADUAL LOWERING OF DEWPOINTS THROUGH TIME AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE NOSES DOWN INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY TUESDAY. SO... WHILE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL ROLE SOUTH ALONG THE STALLED FRONT TODAY MAINLY AFFECTING THE I-75 CORRIDOR... THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD GRADUALLY SHIFT MORE TO OUR SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISH IN COVERAGE BY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY TAKES OVER AT THE SURFACE. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY WITH MOST LOCATIONS SEEING THE MID TO UPPER 80S TODAY AND TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL COOL SLIGHTLY OVER THE NEXT TWO NIGHTS AS THOSE LOWER DEWPOINTS ADVECT INTO THE REGION. MOS GUIDANCE IS ALREADY A BIT TOO LOW WITH DEWPOINTS THOUGH SO WE ARE NOT TOO OPTIMISTIC THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY SEE THOSE MID TO UPPER 50S DEWS BEING ADVERTISED IN THE NAM MOS BY TUESDAY NIGHT. AS SUCH... FAVORED THE GFS MOS NUMBERS FOR DEWPOINTS AND OUR LOW TEMPERATURE FORECAST WITH MOST LOCATIONS SEEING THE MID TO UPPER 60S TONIGHT AND THEN LOW TO MID 60S TUESDAY NIGHT. .LONG TERM.../WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/ MODELS ARE INDICATING THE PERSISTENT H5 RIDGE OVER TEXAS AND THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL GRADUALLY BUILD NORTH FINALLY PUSHING THE WESTERLIES NORTH TO THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER BY THE WEEKEND. A COUPLE FRONTS WILL ATTEMPT TO DROP INTO THE REGION BUT THESE SHOULD BE RATHER SHEARED OUT AND INSIGNIFICANT BY THE TIME THEY REACH KENTUCKY. SENSIBLE WEATHER SHOULD FEATURE A CONTINUATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES WITH MOST LOCATIONS FLIRTING WITH 90 EACH DAY. THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD ALSO MOISTEN BACK UP AGAIN WITH DEWPOINTS HEADING BACK TOWARD THE 70 DEGREE MARK. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL THUS LIKELY STRUGGLE TO DROP BELOW 70 AGAIN BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. WE SHOULD REMAIN DRY UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN THE FIRST FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING. THAT AND THE INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LIKELY BRING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... AND THIS THREAT WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY WHEN A SECOND WEAK FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. && .AVIATION.../12Z TO 12Z/ NORTH...SOUTH ORIENTED FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS ANCHORED OVER CENTRAL KY THIS MORNING WITH ISOLATED...TO AT TIMES SCATTERED SHOWERS PASSING THROUGH PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. MAIN FEATURE OF CONCERN CENTERS AROUND THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER THE MIDWEST AND TO WHAT EXTENT REMNANTS OF THIS SYSTEM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF OUR AREA LATER TODAY. IN ADDITION...A BAND OF RAIN HAS SET UP WHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE TRAINING. SLIGHT SHIFTS IN THIS BAND BRING IT CLOSER TO KSME AND KLOZ WHICH ARE LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED TODAY. AS OF TAF ISSUANCE...THIS BAND IS JUST SW OF KSME. UPSTREAM...ADDITIONAL CONVECTION IS SHOWING UP ON MOSAIC RADAR. OTHERWISE...PATCHY MVFR MIST WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE FIRST COUPLE HOURS OF THE TAF PERIOD. PATCHY FOG WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT IN MUCH THE SAME FASHION AS THIS MORNING. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR KYZ083. && SHORT TERM...ABE/GEOGERIAN LONG TERM....ABE AVIATION...RAY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 355 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2009 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-231100- 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- 355 AM EDT MON JUN 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 75 CORRIDOR TODAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS. ELSEWHERE... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM TODAY. THE THREAT FOR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL THEN LINGER INTO THE NIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE I-75 CORRIDOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM ON TUESDAY GENERALLY ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 75 CORRIDOR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL CLIMB TO BETWEEN 90 AND 95 EACH AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ABE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1213 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2009 KYZ079-083-221645- PULASKI-WAYNE- 1213 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2009 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN PULASKI AND NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON... AT 1213 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAINS STORE...MOVING SOUTH AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR POINTER AROUND 1220 PM EDT...FAUBUSH AROUND 1225 PM EDT...NAOMI AROUND 1230 PM EDT...MILL SPRINGS AROUND 1235 PM EDT...STEUBENVILLE AROUND 1240 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. GEOGERIAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1251 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2009 KYZ079-083>085-221745- PULASKI-WAYNE-WHITLEY-MCCREARY- 1251 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2009 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT SOUTHERN PULASKI AND WAYNE AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WHITLEY AND MCCREARY COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON... AT 1250 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALPINE TO MILL SPRINGS TO 20 MILES WEST OF CABELL... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR SLOANS VALLEY AROUND 1255 PM EDT... STEUBENVILLE AROUND 100 PM EDT...PARNELL AROUND 105 PM EDT...DELTA AROUND 110 PM EDT...PARKERS LAKE AROUND 115 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE RAINFALL MY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME DITCHES AND CULVERTS TO FILL RAPIDLY...POSSIBLY SPILLING ONTO AREA ROADS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. GEOGERIAN
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down in the Pine Knot area around the intersection of Highways 27 and 92.
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