Isolated severe thunderstorms brought down several trees in Floyd and Martin counties during the late morning hours of April 8th.
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Isolated severe thunderstorms brought down several trees in Floyd and Martin counties during the late morning hours of April 8th.
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 Apr 8, 6:57 AM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 757 AM EDT THU APR 8 2010 .SHORT TERM.../TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY/ A COLD FRONT ENTERED WESTERN KY OVERNIGHT. CONVECTIVE PRECIP AHEAD OF THE FRONT WAS ABOUT TO ENTER THE WESTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA AT FORECAST ISSUANCE TIME. THE CONVECTION HAS WEAKENED GREATLY OVERNIGHT...WITH ONLY SPORADIC LIGHTNING REMAINING AFTER 2 AM. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS/RAIN WAS FOLLOWING BEHIND THE LEADING CONVECTIVE BAND. THIS ENTIRE REGIME WILL SHIFT SE TODAY. MODELS STILL SHOW WEAK ELEVATED INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE FRONT TODAY...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDER...WHILE USING CATEGORICAL POPS. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO EXIT SE OF THE FORECAST AREA AROUND 18Z...WITH PRECIP DECLINING BEHIND THE FRONT. MOST OF THE PRECIP SHOULD BE FINISHED BY 00Z...WITH JUST ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE SE HALF OF THE AREA DUE TO SHALLOW INSTABILITY AND COLD AIR ADVECTION IN WEAK NW UPSLOPE FLOW AS THE UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES. AS DRIER AIR ARRIVES DURING THE NIGHT...THE LAST OF THE LINGERING PRECIP WILL END AND BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS SHOULD BE SEEN. ON FRIDAY...THE UPPER TROUGH WILL PASS EASTWARD AND SURFACE RIDGING WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST. THE AIR MASS WILL BE CHILLY...WITH TEMPS ALOFT SUGGESTING IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO RISE ABOVE 60...EVEN WITH SUNSHINE RETURNING. WITH DEW POINTS EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE LOW TO MID 30S BY EVENING...THIS WILL SET US UP FOR A FROST POTENTIAL FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE SURFACE RIDGE PASSES OVERHEAD AND BRINGS LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES. THINK THE COLDER VALLEYS COULD SINK TO THE UPPER 20S. THE SURFACE HIGH WILL SHIFT TO OUR SE ON SATURDAY. STRONG SUN SHOULD BRING A SUBSTANTIAL WARM-UP...WITH HIGH TEMPS NEARING 70. .LONG TERM.../SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/ SOME LIGHT FROST SHOULD ALSO OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT NOT NEARLY AS WIDESPREAD AS FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING. FOR NOW WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS THREAT IN THE HWO AND ENSURE THE FROST IS IN THE NDFD GRIDS. ONCE THE FROST/FREEZE THREAT IS OVER THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WILL SEE DRY WEATHER WITH TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN WARMING TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL READINGS NEXT WEEK AS MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS OVER THE AREA. && .AVIATION.../12Z TO 12Z/...UPDATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS WAS SPREADING SE OVER THE FORECAST AREA AT TAF ISSUANCE. ELEVATED INSTABILITY COULD RESULT IN SOME SPORADIC LIGHTNING STRIKES...MAINLY THIS MORNING. THE COLD FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRECIP WILL CROSS THE REGION DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS SHIFTING FROM THE SSW TO THE WEST. PREDOMINANTLY VFR CONDITIONS AT THE START OF THE PERIOD WILL DETERIORATE TO MVFR AND LOCALIZED IFR AS THE FRONT NEARS AND THEN PASSES. CONDITIONS SHOULD THEN IMPROVE TO VFR AGAIN BY ABOUT 21Z AND LAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HAL LONG TERM....SBH AVIATION...HAL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 533 AM EDT THU APR 8 2010 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-091100- 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- 533 AM EDT THU APR 8 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED IN MANY LOCATIONS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN VALLEYS. PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE IN VALLEYS AGAIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HAL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1014 AM EDT THU APR 8 2010 KYZ107-109-110-113-115-118>120-081500- JOHNSON-MARTIN-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-PIKE-KNOTT-PERRY-LETCHER- 1014 AM EDT THU APR 8 2010 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING... SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON... SOUTHERN MARTIN... SOUTHEASTERN MAGOFFIN... FLOYD... WESTERN PIKE... EASTERN KNOTT... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PERRY AND NORTHERN LETCHER. AT 1013 AM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BRAINARD TO BETTY TO PREMIUM...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF PRESTONSBURG TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HINDMAN TO 7 MILES WEST OF WHITESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...JENKINS... MARTIN AND EAST POINT AROUND 1020 AM EDT...PRESTONSBURG AND BAYS BRANCH AROUND 1025 AM EDT...ODDS AROUND 1030 AM EDT...PIKEVILLE AND VIRGIE AROUND 1035 AM EDT...PRINCE AROUND 1040 AM EDT... RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. JP
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:20 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three trees were blown down in Martin. Two of the trees were downed on KY 3382 and another was blown down on KY 550.
A tree was blown down on Route 908 near Inez.
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