Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms produced numerous instances of wind damage, flooding, and hail across portions of eastern KY on June 15th.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms produced numerous instances of wind damage, flooding, and hail across portions of eastern KY on June 15th.
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 14, 8:43 PM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 943 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010 .SHORT TERM.../THE REST OF TONIGHT/...UPDATED THE CURRENT FORECAST IS PRETTY MUCH RIGHT ON TRACK SO FAR TONIGHT. THE LATEST SURFACE OBS INDICATE THAT HOURLY TEMPERATURES SINCE 18Z HAVE BEEN RUNNING WITHIN A DEGREE OR TWO OF FORECAST TEMPS. DEWPOINTS AND WINDS HAVE ALSO BEEN ON TRACK...SO NO CHANGES ARE WARRANTED FOR THOSE FORECAST ELEMENTS. THE LATEST RADAR MOSAIC ALSO INDICATES THAT A LARGE MCS WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO AND ACROSS THE JKL CWA LATER TONIGHT...SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MIDNIGHT OR 1AM. WITH AN UNSTABLE AND VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS ALREADY PLACE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY...SEE REASON WHY PRESENT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WONT BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN ITSELF AS IT MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL KY AND THEN AGAIN AS IT MOVES ACROSS EASTERN KY. WITH ALL THAT IN MIND...WILL LEAVE THE CURRENT FORECAST AS IS. THE TIMING OF THE MCS PASSAGE IN THE CURRENT POP FORECAST GRIDS CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE PATH OF MOVEMENT AND TIME OF ARRIVAL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED CLUSTER OF STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL KY. THEREFORE...NO FORECAST UPDATE IS PLANNED FOR THIS EVENING. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/ THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER AIR PATTERN. WE START OUT THE PERIOD UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A WEAK UPPER RIDGE. AT THE SURFACE WE CONTINUE IN THE WARM MOIST PATTERN. SINCE THE RIDGE IS WEAK...IT IS REALLY NOT ABLE TO SUPPRESS THE CONVECTION. THIS PATTERN IS CONDUCIVE FOR THE MOVEMENT OF MCS/S ACROSS THE AREA AS WEAK LITTLE UPPER DISTURBANCES ARE ABLE TO MOVE ALONG THE RIDGE AXIS. ON TUESDAY THE UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT IS A BIT TRICKY. ON THE TIME HEIGHT...THE NAM IS SHOWING A MAX IN OMEGA MOVING ACROSS THE AREA AROUND 8 TO 11 PM. THE GFS IS SHOWING A STRONG OMEGA MAX MOVING ACROSS THE AREA AROUND 6 TO 9 AM TOMORROW MORNING. SO CONSIDERING PERSISTENCE...WE MAY HAVE ONE OR MORE MCS/S MOVING ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. WITH THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. THE SAME IS TRUE FOR TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY EARLY. .LONG TERM.../THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/ WARM AND HUMID PATTERN TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE 100 POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH THE LONG TERM. CONCERNING PRECIPITATION CHANCES...LATEST MODEL RUNS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THIS RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN LATE THIS WEEK WHICH MEANS THAT A BULK OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL STAY WELL NORTH OF THE AREA. THERE WILL STILL BE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...WITH THE BEST SHOT LOOKING TO COME ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. FOR NOW WILL ONLY MENTION SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT AND KEEP POPS BELOW 20 PERCENT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE LONG TERM FORECAST. && .AVIATION.../00Z TO 24Z/. AN ORGANIZED AREA OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA LATER TONIGHT. THE SOUTH HAS BEEN BETTER WORKED OVER BY THE STORMS OF THE AFTERNOON. ACCORDINGLY...EXPECT THE NORTH TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY MORE THAN JUST ISOLATED STORMS OVERNIGHT. THE MORE ORGANIZED STORMS COULD CONTAIN VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND A PERIOD OF VLIFR VIS/CIG CONDITIONS FOR A TIME AS THEY PASS THROUGH. FOR NOW HAVE LEFT THIS OUT OF THE TAFS AS THEY APPEAR TO BE ON THE SOUTHERN FRINGE OF THE ANTICIPATED STORM PROPAGATION. SHOULD THIS LINE HOLD TOGETHER BETTER AND TARGET JKL MORE DIRECTLY... WILL HAVE TO AMEND AT LEAST ITS TAF LATER THIS EVENING. OTHER THAN THE MCS GENERATED STORMS...MID LEVEL CIGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT ALL SITES WITH MVFR FOG POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SINCE BOTH SME AND LOZ SAW A SOAKING RAIN TODAY HAVE BROUGHT THEM DOWN LOWER IN THE FOG VIA A TEMPO GROUP TO IFR VIS AROUND SUNRISE. THE FOG WILL BURN OFF BY MID MORNING WITH A LEFT OVER MCS BOUNDARY AMONG OTHERS LIKELY ACROSS THE CWA. THIS...ALONG WITH BUILDING INSTABILITY...SIMILAR TO THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...WILL LIKELY BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE SCATTERED AIR MASS THUNDERSTORMS BY MID DAY OR SOMETHING MORE ORGANIZED. HAVE PLACED A CB AND VCTS INTO ALL SITES TO DEAL WITH THE EXPECTED DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION ON TUESDAY...BUT UNCERTAINTY OF STORM PLACEMENT AND TIMING. ASIDE FROM STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR STORMS...THE WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JJ LONG TERM....MACZKO AVIATION...GREIF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 507 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-160015- 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- 507 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. TONIGHT...A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS OCCURRING NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. A FEW STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. ANY THUNDERSTORMS PASSING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS ON TUESDAY COULD BE STRONG...CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ADDITIONALLY...ANY THUNDERSTORMS PASSING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY MEASURED RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE IN AN HOUR OR LESS...AS WELL AS ANY OCCURRENCES OF HAIL...STRONG OR DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLOODING TONIGHT. GEOGERIAN/AR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 702 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010 KYZ044-150000- FLEMING- 702 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTY THROUGH 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING... NORTHWESTERN FLEMING. AT 702 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRVIEW...OR 14 MILES WEST OF FLEMINGSBURG...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...COWAN AROUND 725 PM EDT...NEPTON AROUND 735 PM EDT...ELIZAVILLE AROUND 740 PM EDT...AND PECKS RIDGE AROUND 750 PM EDT. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATE OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR OR MORE...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER THEN LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE A HAZARD. GREIF
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:55 UTC.
14 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large limbs were broken out of trees in the Sublimity Springs subdivision.
A member of the public reported a measure wind gust of 64 mph in Calvin.
A roof was blown off a house in West Liberty.
Several large limbs were blown out of trees on the west end of the county.
Trees were blown down on Amelia Drive in London.
Multiple trees were blown down in Valeria.
Multiple trees were blown down and a roof was caved in on a building in Caney.
A spotter reported that 12 inch diameter trees were blown down and a porch roof was blown off.
Several large trees were blown down near Campton.
Numerous trees were blown down with at least one power pole snapped.
A roof was blown off of a house. Multiple trees were blown down. Power lines were blown down.
Trees were blown down in Wheelersburg.
Trees were blown down on Peter Cave Branch and Big Lick Branch in Job.
Water was over Hwy 437 due to Williams Creek and Smith Creek being out of their banks in Mima.
Water was over the bridge on Centerville Road south of West Liberty.
Several trees were blown down 2 miles northeast of Lily.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, June 2010
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 228663, 228668, 228669, 228670, 228677, 228678, 228679, 228682, 228685, 228688, 228690, 228692, 228689, 228698, 228697, 228699, 228661.