Two lines of strong to severe thunderstorms produced isolated instances of flooding and tree damage in Morgan and Johnson counties during the evening hours on June 12th.
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Two lines of strong to severe thunderstorms produced isolated instances of flooding and tree damage in Morgan and Johnson counties during the evening hours on June 12th.
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 12, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 300 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010 .SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...UPDATED MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE SHORT TERM. IN GENERAL...WE WILL BE DOMINATED BY THE UPPER RIDGE. THE FRONT WILL BE TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE AREA AND WE WILL BE IN THE WARM SECTOR. THERE WILL BE A COMBINATION OF SHORT WAVES AND AFTERNOON HEATING WHICH WILL BE THE MAIN DRIVER IN GETTING THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY GOING. WITH THE MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT...KEPT PRETTY CLOSE TO MOS AND TENDED TO PREFER THE NAM FOR THE FIRST 36 HOURS OF THE FORECAST. .LONG TERM.../TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...UPDATED MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT MID/UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD...AND ALSO KEEP HUMID CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. SHORT WAVES TRAVERSING THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE WILL BRING A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IT NOW APPEARS THE RIDGE MAY BE DOMINANT ENOUGH ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY TO KEEP PRECIPITATION CHANCES OUT OF THE FORECAST...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM CANNOT TOTALLY BE RULED OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE AREA ON SATURDAY...AND WILL INTRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. && .AVIATION.../18Z TO 18Z/ A SHORT WAVE IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. THERE WAS A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH EXTENDS FROM ELLIOT TO CLAY COUNTY. THERE WAS ALSO A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY OVER MARTIN AND PIKE COUNTIES. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE MOVING TO THE EAST. THE AIR IS STILL UNSTABLE BEHIND THIS SHORT WAVE AND SO CAN EXPECT SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO BUILD UP THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORM WILL LIKELY BE MORE WIDESPREAD THAN WHAT WE SAW THIS MORNING...BUT POTENTIALLY THEY COULD BE STRONGER AND MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE SOME STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL IN MOST AREAS TODAY...EXCEPT FOR SOME TEMPO IFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE EXTENT OF THE FOG WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH CLOUD COVER PERSISTS THROUGH THE NIGHT. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT AT LEAST IFR VISIBILITIES WILL BE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT...EXCEPT FOR RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS WHERE VFR WITH SOME MVFR...ESPECIALLY NEAR DAWN...SHOULD PREVAIL. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JJ LONG TERM...SBH AVIATION...JJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 430 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-131100- 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- 430 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SOME STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. ADDITIONALLY...ANY SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OR STORMS THAT PASS REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME LOCATION WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS MAY CAUSE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY MEASURED HEAVY RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE IN AN HOUR...AS WELL AS FLOODING OR STRONG WIND GUSTS TODAY. GEOGERIAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 331 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010 KYZ109-110-112-113-120-122015- MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-PIKE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- 331 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... SOUTHEASTERN MAGOFFIN... CENTRAL FLOYD... WEST CENTRAL PIKE... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL BREATHITT AND NORTHEASTERN KNOTT. AT 331 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALDO...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRESTONSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...HIPPO AROUND 340 PM EDT...EASTERN AROUND 345 PM EDT...LANGLEY AROUND 350 PM EDT... HUNTER AROUND 355 PM EDT...AND BLUE MOON AROUND 400 PM EDT. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. GREIF
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:13 UTC.
1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported that 2.5 inches of rain had fallen in Flatgap since 415 pm and it was still raining. There was a foot of standing water over MacKenzie Road along with a foot of water in a neighbors garage and in a yard along the same street.
A tree 18 inches in diameter was blown down onto Highway 172 about 1 mile east of Relief at around 450 pm.
A trained weather spotter reported that the creek near his house had risen with heavy rain during the day and was flowing across Mackenzie road in spots. Total rainfall for this location since 415pm was 3.5 inches.
A coop weather observer reported that 3.75 inches of rain had fallen in Flatgap since late afternoon.
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