A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms produced isolated instances of tree damage across portions of eastern KY during the late morning and early afternoon hours of June 14th.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms produced isolated instances of tree damage across portions of eastern KY during the late morning and early afternoon hours of June 14th.
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, 6:52 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 752 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2010 .SHORT TERM.../TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/ WEAKENING MCS IS CURRENTLY TRAVERSING EASTERN KENTUCKY...WITH ONLY A FEW STORMS REMAINING ALONG THE OUTFLOW. THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE WILL BE EXITING THIS MORNING...WITH LIKELY A PERIOD OF SHORT WAVE RIDGING EXPECTED FOR MOST OF TODAY...SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...ALTHOUGH NOT AS AMPLIFIED...AS THE SOUNDINGS ARE NOT SHOWING MUCH OF A CAP. HAVE LOWERED POPS A BIT FOR THE AREA...AS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE SCATTERED AT BEST TODAY WITHOUT A SOLID TRIGGER. AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT...ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED MCS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY INFRINGE UPON THE AREA ONCE AGAIN. HAVE RAISED POPS TO LIKELY NEAR THE I-64 CORRIDOR AND NORTH...WITH LESS CHANCES FURTHER SOUTH. ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...THE RIDGE LOOKS TO BE A BIT MORE FLATTENED AND SUPPRESSED FURTHER SOUTHEAST. AGAIN...TRIGGERS LOOK WEAK...SO HAVE JUST MAINTAINED A POP GRADIENT...WITH GOOD CHANCES IN THE NORTH...AND LESS TO THE SOUTHEAST. FOR HAZARDS...A SMALL THREAT FOR SEVERE WILL EXIST...ALTHOUGH WILL HIGHLIGHT THE I-64 CORRIDOR WITH THE BETTER POTENTIAL...SINCE THEY WILL CLOSER TO TRAVERSING SHORT WAVE TROUGHS AND ASSOCIATED MCS ACTIVITY. HEAVY RAINERS WILL STILL BE A THREAT AS WELL AND WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION THIS IN THE HWO. FINALLY...WILL ALSO MAKE MENTION OF HEAT INDICES IN THE 95 TO 100 DEGREE RANGE FOR SOME LOCATIONS... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE I-75 CORRIDOR. FOR TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY USED A BLEND OF PERSISTENCE AND THE LATEST GUIDANCE...WHICH STILL ENDS UP AS VERY WARM AND HUMID RESULT. .LONG TERM.../WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/ ONLY CHANGES MADE TO THE INHERITED FORECAST WAS TO INCREASE POPS A BIT FOR WEDNESDAY AS THE REMNANT WEAK COOL FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY...AS A MORE VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE TROUGH TRAVERSES EAST THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES AND INTO THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY. THE REST OF THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS BELOW. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS STILL EXPECTED TO BE THE NORM THROUGH THE LONG TERM AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO AROUND 90 WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION EACH DAY WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH MUGGY CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE MOST AFTERNOONS ACROSS THE REGION...WITH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY LOOKING LIKE THE BEST CHANCE FOR A QUIET DAY ACROSS THE REGION AT THIS TIME. WILL CONTINUE INHERITED POP FORECAST WHICH KEEPS EITHER A SLIGHT CHANCE OR CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION IN THE GRIDS THROUGH ALL BUT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. && .AVIATION.../12Z TO 12Z/...UPDATED LIFR FOG AT JKL WILL BURN OFF BY 13Z. A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY ENCROACH THE AREA BY AROUND 16Z AT JKL. EXPECT THESE TO STAY JUST NORTH OF THE LOZ AND SME...BUT WITH HEATING FIRING UP CONVECTION IN ADDITION TO THIS LINE...HAVE INCLUDED VCTS AT ALL SITES BY 16Z. ANOTHER MCS MAY BRUSH JKL AND POSSIBLY FURTHER SOUTH BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z. WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN...HAVE TAKEN VISIBILITIES DOWN TO IFR AT JKL...SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURRED THIS MORNING. HELD JUST MVFR AT SME AND LOZ AT 06Z AND THEREAFTER WITH LESS CHANCE OF A DIRECT HIT FROM THE MCS. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...GEOGERIAN LONG TERM....MACZKO/GEOGERIAN AVIATION...GEOGERIAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 512 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2010 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-151100- 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- 512 AM EDT MON JUN 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. A FEW OF THESE COULD BE STRONG...CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. THE DOWNPOURS COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. HEAT INDICES WILL ALSO TOP OUT IN THE 95 TO 100 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE I-75 CORRIDOR. 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. ADDITIONALLY...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 TODAY AND TONIGHT. GEOGERIAN
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:19 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down on Hwy 89 near the Clark county line.
A tree was blown down along Hwy 15 in Watts.
A tree was blown down on Hwy 28 in Buckhorn.
A tree was blown down and onto a power line in Tina.
Numerous trees were blown down on roads across the east and southeast end of Pike county.
Several trees were blown down in the Laurel Creek and Beech Creek areas.
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: 228653, 228654, 228655, 228656, 228658, 228659.