A line of fast moving thunderstorms brought more severe weather to eastern Kentucky during the late afternoon of June 28th. Most of the reports consisted of downed trees.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
A line of fast moving thunderstorms brought more severe weather to eastern Kentucky during the late afternoon of June 28th. Most of the reports consisted of downed trees.
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 28, 9:30 AM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1030 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 .SHORT TERM.../THE REST OF TODAY/...UPDATED COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHEAST INDIANA...HEADING TOWARDS EASTERN KENTUCKY AT A GOOD CLIP. EXTRAPOLATING OUT IN TIME PUTS THE BOUNDARY THROUGH OUR CWA SOME TIME BETWEEN 20Z AND 22Z TODAY. LITTLE IF ANY SHOWER ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT FOR NOW. THE GFS APPEARS TO BE HANDLING THE EVOLUTION OF THIS SYSTEM THE BEST...AND AFTER A QUICK LOOK AT THE POORLY INITIALIZED 12Z NAM HAVE LITTLE IF ANY FAITH IN IT/S HIGHER POP SOLUTION AT THE MOMENT. WITH AMPLE SFC HEATING...STILL FEEL THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION WITH THIS SYSTEM AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. AM LEANING TOWARDS REDUCING POPS...BUT WILL WAIT A BIT LONGER BEFORE UPDATING TO SEE HOW THINGS DEVELOP THROUGH 15Z. THUS FAR TEMPS...ETC ARE IN DECENT SHAPE. SO EXPECT A LATE MORNING UPDATE...FOR A POSSIBLY DECREASE IN POPS. OTHERWISE...WILL ONLY FRESHEN UP WORDING IN THE ZONES AND TWEAK HOURLY ISC TEMPS AND DEW POINT GRIDS FOR MORNING TRENDS. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/ UPPER LEVEL LOW LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO WILL SPIRAL TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES TODAY. THIS WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS STATE DURING THE DAY. THE CURRENT SATELLITE SHOWS A DYING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT FROM WESTERN INDIANA DOWN THROUGH SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI. THE FRONT WILL BECOME MORE ACTIVE DURING THE DAY WITH HEATING. EXPECT AT LEAST A SCATTERED LINE OF CONVECTION TO RE-DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE BIGGER THREAT WITH DECENT UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW. THE FRONT WILL CLEAR THE AREA BY DUSK...WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR FOLLOWING. THIS WILL BE A MUCH MORE PLEASANT AIR MASS...WITH LOWS RETURNING TO THE UPPER 50S FOR SOME BY MONDAY NIGHT. .LONG TERM.../TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/ THE SLOWER PROGRESSION OF THE UPPER LOW MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES CONTINUES TO BE THE PREFERRED SOLUTION. THERE HAS BEEN SOME RUN TO RUN VARIABILITY LATER IN THE PERIOD IN THE ECMWF AS TO HOW FAST THIS UPPER LOW EXITS...WITH THE 28/00Z RUN A BIT SLOWER THAN THE 27/12Z RUN IN TAKING THE UPPER LOW NORTHEAST...BUT NOT QUITE AS SLOW AS THE 27/00Z RUN. IT STILL APPEARS THE SHORTWAVES ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA EACH AFTERNOON FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AS THEY COULD COINCIDE WITH PEAK HEATING. THE NORTHEASTERN AND EASTERN LOCATIONS SHOULD BE CLOSEST TO THE TRACK OF THESE SHORTWAVES AND THUS MOST FAVORED FOR ANY ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA. ONCE THE UPPER SYSTEM DEPARTS DURING THE LATER HALF OF THE PERIOD...A MORE ZONAL PATTERN IS ANTICIPATED. SHORTWAVES MOVING BY IN THIS FLOW COULD LEAD TO SHRA/TSRA ON THE 4TH IF THEY PASS THROUGH AROUND PEAK HEATING. FOR THESE REASONS...DID NOT STRAY FROM THE PREVIOUS POPS. WITH THE SLOWER PROGRESSION AND NOT AS DEEP SOLUTION OF THE UPPER LOW STILL FAVORED...MAX T ABOVE MEX NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED EARLY IN THE PERIOD...THEN MEX T A BIT COOLER TO END THE PERIOD. 0Z ECMWF 850 MB TEMPS ARE A COUPLE OF DEGREES C EARLY IN THE PERIOD...BEFORE WARMING UP QUICKER LATER IN THE PERIOD. OVERALL...MADE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AS THE LAST COUPLE OF MODELS RUNS STILL SUPPORT THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. && .AVIATION.../12Z TO 12Z/ FOG WILL BE THE INITIAL CONCERN AS IT GRADUALLY LIFTS AND DISSIPATES THROUGH 13Z...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NEAR LAKE CUMBERLAND SUCH AS SME AND EKQ. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY WITH TIMING AND COVERAGE...SO HAVE CONTINUED MENTIONING VCTS ONLY AT THIS TIME. THE FRONT WILL CLEAR THE AREA BY DUSK. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL ADVECT IN BEHIND THE FRONT AND LEAD TO LITTLE IF ANY IN THE WAY OF FOG...OTHER THAN THE TYPICALLY FAVORED VALLEY LOCATIONS. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...GEOGERIAN/RAY LONG TERM....JP AVIATION...JP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1135 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-291100- 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- 1135 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA TODAY. SOME OF THESE MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...HOWEVER LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE OR LARGE HAIL TODAY GEOGERIAN/RAY
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:13 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees were blown down.
A tree was blown down on Highway 2169.
A tree was blown down on Highway 522 between mile markers 16 and 17.
Several trees were blown down on Highways 184 and 460.
Half a dozen trees were blown down along Highway 38. A tree had fallen onto a car at Goose Bottom as well.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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