Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms brought down trees and produced large hail across portions of eastern KY on June 10th.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms brought down trees and produced large hail across portions of eastern KY on June 10th.
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 10, 10:58 AM EST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1158 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 .SHORT TERM.../THIS AFTERNOON/...UPDATED ISOLATED CONVECTION DEVELOPED THIS MORNING. IT WAS NOT HANDLED WELL BY THE MODELS AND WAS NOT ANTICIPATED SO EARLY IN THE DAY. ITS INITIATION WAS OBVIOUSLY ELEVATED...LIKELY OWING TO WEAK WARM AIR ADVECTION. HOWEVER...LOCAL VAD WIND PROFILES ALSO SHOWED THE LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION TOPPED BY A LAYER OF COLD AIR ADVECTION WHICH MAY HAVE ALSO AIDED THE INITIATION. WILL NOT ANTICIPATE ANY GREAT INCREASE IN COVERAGE DESPITE HEATING...WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FEATURES TO FOCUS DEVELOPMENT...AND A POTENTIAL FOR DRIER AIR ALOFT IN FORECAST SOUNDINGS TO BEGIN MIXING DOWN AS MIXING BECOMES DEEPER. HOWEVER...HAVE EXPANDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS TO COVER THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY...CONSIDERING THE ACTIVITY ONGOING AT MID DAY IN THE SW WHERE THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE EARLY MORNING FORECAST PACKAGE FOR TODAY. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY/ THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN HAS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE INTER MOUNTAIN WEST...ANOTHER LOW OVER NORTHERN QUEBEC AND A BROAD RIDGE ACROSS THE ERN HALF OF THE CONUS. THE RIDGE HAS BECOME RELATIVELY SUPPRESSED OF RECENT WHICH WILL ALLOW MINOR SHORT WAVES TO SPARK PERIODS OF TSRA ACTIVITY... MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE HEATING OF THE DAY. THE AFOREMENTIONED LOW IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL CROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA SAT AND SAT NIGHT WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR AREA WIDE PRECIPITATION. THIS COLD FRONT WILL DROP HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY BACK TO NEAR NORMAL READINGS IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S. IN THE MEANTIME WE WILL SEE CONTINUED UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. .LONG TERM.../SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/ THE EXTENDED FORECAST BEGINS ON SUNDAY NIGHT WITH A ZONAL PATTERN OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND A CLOSED 500MB LOW MOVING UP THE ST LAWRENCE SEAWAY. AT THE SURFACE...A FRONT WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED FEATURE WILL HAVE PUSHED THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. THIS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP AND THE AREA WILL ENTER ANOTHER PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER. THE FRONT THEN STALLS SOUTH OF THE BORDER IN TN FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WORKWEEK. BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETROGRADE TO THE DESERT SW AND ALLOW A 50H TROUGH TO BECOME BRIEFLY ESTABLISHED IN THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS WILL BRING A SERIES OF FRONTAL BNDRYS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WITH WAVES OF ALTERNATING WARM FRONT/COLD FRONT TO DROP THROUGH AND LIFT AGAIN OVER THE COMMONWEALTH ON WED AND WED NIGHT. THEN THE RIDGE BUILDS BACK INTO THE AREA AND DRY WEATHER RETURNS. AFTER A BRIEF FLIRTATION WITH LOWER 80S EARLY IN THE WEEK... THE HIGHS WILL BUILD BACK INTO THE MID 80S BEFORE THE MID WEEK FRONT DROPS THEM SLIGHTLY ONCE AGAIN. && .AVIATION.../18Z TO 18Z/...UPDATED VERY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING AT MID DAY. THEY MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT DO NOT THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF COVERAGE. WILL USE CB IN THE TAF CLOUD GROUPS...WITH CONFIDENCE TOO LOW TO INCLUDE TS OR EVEN VCTS IN TAFS. ANY REMAINING STORMS SHOULD DIE OUT EARLY THIS EVENING. VALLEY FOG IS EXPECTED AGAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALIZED VLIFR...BUT PROBABLY NOT LOWER THAN MVFR AT TAF SITES. OUTSIDE OF VALLEY FOG AND ISOLATED STORMS...VFR IS EXPECTED. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DUSTY/HAL LONG TERM....DUSTY AVIATION...HAL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 255 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-111000- 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- 255 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. LOCALLY DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. DUSTY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1100 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0107 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NW LAUREL CREEK 37.29N 83.80W
06/09/2011 CLAY KY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
OVER TWO DOZEN TREES DOWN ALONG AND OFF OF CRANE CREEK
ROAD.
0128 PM TSTM WND DMG ONEIDA 37.27N 83.65W
06/09/2011 CLAY KY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREE DOWN IN ONEIDA.
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JCARICOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1102 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0503 PM HAIL TURKEY FOOT 37.46N 83.92W
06/09/2011 E1.00 INCH JACKSON KY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
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JCARICOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1107 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0541 PM TSTM WND DMG KECK 37.61N 83.36W
06/09/2011 BREATHITT KY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
6-7 TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 1812 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 6 AND
7.
0628 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E QUICKSAND 37.53N 83.33W
06/09/2011 BREATHITT KY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
1 TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 1098 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 1 AND 2
AT SOUTH FORK.
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JCARICOSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1211 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 KYZ068-069-079-080-101700- ROCKCASTLE-PULASKI-LAUREL-JACKSON- 1211 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM EDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON... EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON... SOUTH CENTRAL ROCKCASTLE... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PULASKI AND NORTHERN LAUREL. AT 1211 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LUNER...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...WOOD CREEK LAKE AROUND 1220 PM EDT...HARE AROUND 1225 PM EDT...CARMICHAEL AROUND 1230 PM EDT...EAST BERNSTADT AROUND 1235 PM EDT...PITTSBURG AROUND 1240 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. BECKER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1225 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 KYZ104-106-107-101645- ELLIOTT-JOHNSON-MORGAN- 1225 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 PM EDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON... SOUTHEASTERN ELLIOTT... EAST CENTRAL MORGAN AND NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON. AT 1225 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CULVER...OR 7 MILES EAST OF SANDY HOOK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...KEATON AROUND 1230 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. BECKER
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:44 UTC.
11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down along Hwy 490 northwest of London.
Trees and a cable t.v. line were blown down in Bethel.
Trees were blown down on Hwy 36 near the Nicholas county line.
Quarter to half dollar size hail fell along Hwy 119 near Odessa.
Several trees were blown down in Polksville.
Trees were blown down in Peasticks.
Trees were blown down on Hwy 3036 two miles west of Blaze.
Trees were blown down on Hwy 77 near Tar Ridge.
Multiple trees were blown down in Irvine.
Multiple trees were blown down in Ravenna.
A 48 mph wind gust brought down a tree near the Jackson weather office.
A tree was blown down on Hwy 15 in Vancleve.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, June 2011
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: 327557, 316820, 316824, 316829, 316833, 316838, 316841, 316846, 316850, 316852, 316856, 316857, 316861, 316866, 316868.