Several rounds of severe thunderstorms produce tree damage and large hail across portions of eastern KY during the afternoon and evening hours of June 9th.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
Several rounds of severe thunderstorms produce tree damage and large hail across portions of eastern KY during the afternoon and evening hours of June 9th.
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 9, 11:06 AM EST, 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1206 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 .SHORT TERM.../TODAY/ OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION WELL TO OUR NORTH HAS PROGRESSED SOUTHWARD HALF WAY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. THINK THAT THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE NEAR AND SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY. EVEN SO...DO NOT THINK COVERAGE WILL WARRANT POPS MORE THAN 20 PERCENT AT THIS POINT. HAVE LOWERED POPS IN OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES TO 20 PERCENT. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/ THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WHICH HAS DOMINATED OUR WEATHER PATTERN SINCE LATE LAST MONTH WILL GRADUALLY GET SUPPRESSED TO THE SOUTH OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ANY CHANGE TO OUR SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL BE NEGLIGIBLE THOUGH THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE MANAGED TO POP THE LAST TWO DAYS DESPITE THE RIDGE BEING OVERHEAD...SHOULD BECOME A BIT MORE NUMEROUS TODAY AND FRIDAY AS OUR AIR MASS MOISTENS SLIGHTLY WHILE A WEAK COLD FRONT EASES SOUTHWARD TO NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. STILL...WITH NO EASILY DISCERNIBLE DISTURBANCES APPARENT IN THE DEVELOPING WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...WILL KEEP POPS LOW WITH A DIURNAL TREND BOTH DAYS. WITH PROGS INDICATING MODERATE INSTABILITY...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-64 WHERE SPC HAS HIGHLIGHTED WITH A SLIGHT RISK AREA. 500 MB HEIGHTS WILL BE LOWERING THROUGH TIME BUT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO THREATEN RECORDS BY TOPPING 90 FOR MOST LOCATIONS TODAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY. WITH DEW POINTS REMAINING IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S...THE HEAT INDEX WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID 90S. THE MUGGY LOW LEVEL AIR MASS WILL ALSO KEEP OVERNIGHT LOWS VERY MILD...GENERALLY AROUND 70 BOTH NIGHTS. .LONG TERM.../SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/ CHANGES TO THE LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST WERE MINIMAL WITH FAIRLY STABLE MODEL SOLUTIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND THEN A FAIR AMOUNT OF PATTERN UNCERTAINTY EARLY NEXT WEEK. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BE WORKING INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY...AND EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS AS IT SETTLES JUST TO OUR SOUTH BY SUNDAY EVENING. LATEST PROGS HAVE SPED THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE UP A BIT WITH NORTHERLY SURFACE WINDS EVIDENT OVER EAST KENTUCKY BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THUS...WE REDUCED POPS A TOUCH ON SUNDAY. MODELS THEN BEGIN TO BECOME UNSTABLE WITH THEIR DEPICTION OF THIS FRONT...VARYING FROM RUN TO RUN WITH WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL WORK BACK NORTHWARD SLOWLY OR REMAIN JUST TO OUR SOUTH. SO...WILL MAINTAIN THE INHERITED LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL FROM NEAR 90 ON SATURDAY BACK DOWN INTO THE 80S FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. WE SHOULD ALSO ENJOY A REDUCTION IN DEW POINTS BEHIND THE WEEKEND FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT THE EXTENT AND DURATION OF THE DRYING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK REMAINS QUESTIONABLE. && .AVIATION.../18Z TO 18Z/...UPDATED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OF THIS AFTERNOON MAY PERSIST INTO THE EVENING BUT SHOULD DIE OUT BEFORE 04Z. AREAS OF VALLEY FOG ARE THEN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT UNTIL AROUND 14Z ON FRIDAY...WITH LOCALIZED VLIFR. ASIDE FROM PRECIP AND FOG...VFR WITH LIGHT WINDS IS EXPECTED. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...ABE/HAL LONG TERM....ABE AVIATION...HAL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1221 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-101100- 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 THU JUN 9 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD CONTAIN STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. LOCALLY DENSE VALLEY FOG WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ABE/HAL
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:03 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
More than two dozen trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts along and just off of Crane Creek Rd.
A tree was blown down in Oneida.
Trees were blown down in Parmleysville.
A tree and large tree limbs were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts in Middlesboro.
An estimated wind gust of 65 mph occurred in Pikeville.
Trees and power lines were reported down near Draffin and Millard.
A tree was blown down on Hwy 1098 between mile markers 1 and 2 at South Fork.
Six to seven trees were blown down on Hwy 1812 between mile markers 6 and 7 in Keck.
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: 316777, 316778, 316779, 316781, 316807, 316786, 316782, 316787, 316789, 316790, 316800, 316793, 316796, 316802, 316804.