A line of strong to severe thunderstorms brought down trees and large limbs in Laurel and Harlan counties during the evening hours of June 27th.
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A line of strong to severe thunderstorms brought down trees and large limbs in Laurel and Harlan counties during the evening hours of June 27th.
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 27, 2:07 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 307 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 .SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...UPDATED CURRENT FOCUS IS ON CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY WHICH IS MOVING EAST TOWARDS OUR AREA. HAVE BASED MUCH OF THE FIRST PERIOD OF THE FORECAST ON CURRENT TRENDS...WITH TIMING OF THE BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE TONIGHT PERIOD OF THE FORECAST. THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IS MOVING INTO A VERY WARM MOIST AIR MASS AT THE LOW LEVELS...WITH 70...OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER... DEWPOINTS EXTENDING FROM THE TN BORDER ALL THE WAY TO THE OHIO RIVER. AXIS OF MOST UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL AIR SHOWING UP IN CURRENT ANALYSIS EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL TN INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KY. DESPITE THIS...CURRENT RADAR TRENDS SHOW CONVECTION DECREASING IN INTENSITY OVER WESTERN KY...AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO WARNINGS IN EFFECT OVER WESTERN OR CENTRAL KY. THIS DECREASING TREND MAY BE THE RESULT OF SOME MID LEVEL WARMING WHICH IS HAS OCCURRED OVER CENTRAL KY. DO EXPECT SCATTERED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE MAIN COMPLEX...AND FEEL LIKELY OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER PROBABILITIES FOR RAIN ARE IN ORDER FOR THE FORECAST TONIGHT. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER APPROACHING 2 INCHES...SOME HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. COLD FRONT WILL NOT MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA UNTIL LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON SO WILL NEED TO CARRY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON TUESDAY. HOWEVER...FEEL THE PRIMARY CONVECTION WILL BE THIS EVENING. COOLER DRIER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE GREAT LAKES AREA. .LONG TERM.../THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...UPDATED HE MODELS REMAIN IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE PERIOD. A STRONG CENTRAL CONUS RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THROUGH FRIDAY...BEFORE A TRAVERSING SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TO THE GREAT LAKES FLATTENS OUT THE RIDGE BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...ALLOWING A COLD FRONT TO SAG SOUTH FROM THE GREAT LAKES DOWN THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A BIT OF DIFFERENCE ON HOW QUICKLY THE RIDGE BUCKLES AND CONSEQUENTLY HOW FAST THE COLD FRONT MAKES IT DOWN TO THE SOUTH. THE ECMWF IS SLOWER COMPARED TO THE GFS AND GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE RIDGE IN PLACE...WILL FAVOR THE SLOWER TIMING. THIS JIVES WELL WITH THE INHERITED FORECAST AND LITTLE CHANGE WAS NECESSARY. WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. BY SATURDAY...THERE MAY BE ENOUGH MOISTURE RETURN TO JUSTIFY ISOLATED POPS. SCATTERED POPS WILL BE A BETTER BET SUNDAY AS THE FRONT SAGS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. BY MONDAY...DESPITE THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WASHING OUT TO THE SOUTH...THE RIDGE WILL HAVE FLATTENED ENOUGH TO LEAVE US OPEN TO PASSING SHORT WAVE ENERGY...AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE ENOUGH LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL SCATTERED ACTIVITY IN THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAT WILL BE ON ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES BUILDING FROM THE UPPER 80S ON THURSDAY...TO THE LOWER 90S FOR MOST LOCATIONS BY SATURDAY. SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR WILL ARRIVE BEHIND THE FRONT BY MONDAY...WITH HIGHS BACK IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 80S. THE MEX MOS CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE NUMBERS THAT ARE STILL A BIT TOO HIGH...AND GIVEN ITS WARM BIAS FOR THE SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER HAVE CONTINUED TO STAY JUST BELOW THESE NUMBERS. && .AVIATION.../18Z TO 18Z/ WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER FAR EASTERN KY...EAST OF TAF SITES...WILL BE ENDING BY 4 PM EDT. ANOTHER AREA OF MORE EXTENSIVE AND STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR WESTERN KY...WILL BE MOVING MOVING ESE. EXPECT STRONGEST DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF THIS COMPLEX...WITH GENERAL MOVEMENT TOWARDS CENTRAL TN WHERE THERE IS THE GREATEST INSTABILITY. WITH EXPECTED MOVEMENT SOME OF THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MAY AFFECT THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF OUR FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SME AND LOZ THE TAF SITES MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED. AS ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE THIS AFTERNOON SCATTTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE...MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MOUNT STERLING TO HARLAN. WITH CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY AT THIS TIME WILL CARRY VCTS IN TAFS FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES BY 12Z TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS MAY AGAIN BE POSSIBLE...BUT THERE IS EVEN GREATER UNCERTAINTY HERE AND HAVE NOT PLACED ANY MENTION OF THUNDER IN TAFS AT THIS TIME. AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...SBH LONG TERM...GEOGERIAN AVIATION...SBH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1221 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-281200- 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- 1221 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. ABE/SBH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 440 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-084>087-106-108-111-112-114>116-272145- MENIFEE-POWELL-ESTILL-ROCKCASTLE-PULASKI-LAUREL-WHITLEY-MCCREARY- MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE-BREATHITT-JACKSON-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-KNOX-BELL- 440 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON... WEST CENTRAL MORGAN... SOUTHERN MENIFEE... POWELL... WOLFE... ESTILL... LEE... WESTERN BREATHITT... JACKSON... OWSLEY... EASTERN ROCKCASTLE... EXTREME WESTERN PERRY... EAST CENTRAL PULASKI... CLAY... LAUREL... KNOX... WHITLEY... EASTERN MCCREARY AND WESTERN BELL. AT 440 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KIMBRELL TO STRUNK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF STANTON TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF WHITLEY CITY... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. 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. DUSTY
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:47 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down along Hatcher Rd near London. One tree fell on a mobile home.
Trees were blown down along Copley Rd and Copley off of Echo Valley.
Trees approximately 3 inches in diameter were blown down in yards. Tree limbs were blown down and into roads as well.
Multiple large tree limbs and branches were blown down in yards and roadways near Cumberland.
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: 317034, 317035, 317038, 317041.