A tree limbs were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts during the early morning hours of September 26th in the town of Morrill in Jackson county.
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A tree limbs were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts during the early morning hours of September 26th in the town of Morrill in Jackson county.
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 Sep 26, 6:31 AM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 731 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011 .SHORT TERM.../THE REST OF TODAY/ THE ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK HAVE BOTH BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE ISSUANCE OF TORNADO WATCH 856. THE WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/ THE VARIOUS SHORT TERM MODELS...NAM12...SREF...GFS...AND CANADIAN...ALL STILL IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE CURRENT WEATHER PATTERN...AND HOW THIS PATTERN WILL EVOLVE OVER THE NEXT 24-36 HOURS. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS ONGOING ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY...SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA...AND EASTERN OHIO. THIS LINE AS A WHOLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD DURING THE DAY TODAY. INDIVIDUAL STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. AS A RESULT OF THESE TWO MODES OF MOTION...THE LINE OVERALL IS MOVING ONLY VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST. A STRONG 40-50 KT LOW LEVEL JET...WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG WIND GUSTS TO DESCEND TO THE SURFACE IN THE DOWNDRAFTS OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO SLOW STORM MOVEMENT...AND THE MOVEMENT OF MULTIPLE SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE SAME AREAS. GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. WITH THE AMOUNT OF MODEL AGREEMENT...THE OVERALL FORECAST WAS ONLY MODIFIED SLIGHTLY. THE PRIMARY CHANGE WAS TO THE TIMING OF PRECIPITATION ONSET TODAY. WITH THE SLOW SYSTEM AND CONVECTIVE LINE MOVEMENT...DECIDE TO SLOW DOWN INITIAL PRECIPITATION ONSET BY AND HOUR OR TWO IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE FORECAST AREA. ALSO KEPT PRECIPITATION IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES AN HOUR OR TWO LONGER. THE TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTS WERE ALSO IN GOOD SHAPE...WITH ONLY MINOR TWEAKS NEEDED HERE AND THERE. THE WIND FORECAST WAS ADJUSTED TOWARD A COMBINATION OF OBSERVED TRENDS AND THE LATEST SREF MODEL DATA. THIS PRODUCED A UNIFORM AND ACCURATE WIND FIELD FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW. WIDESPREAD LOW AND MIDDLE LEVEL CLOUD COVER WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS SUGGESTED IN THE LATEST MODEL TIME HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS AND MOS DATA...AS AN UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SPINS SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. .LONG TERM.../WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/ THERE IS VERY GOOD AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 00Z RUNS OF THE ECMWF AND GFS UNTIL THE WEEKEND...WHEN DIFFERENCES BECOME MORE APPARENT. EVEN DURING THE WEEKEND...THE DIFFERENCES DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE MUCH IMPLICATION FOR THE LOCAL AREA...WITH THE EFFECTS BEING MORE IMPORTANT ELSEWHERE. THE PERIOD STARTS WITH A SLOW MOVING...LONG LIVED BUT WEAKENING UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES. ITS PROXIMITY WILL RESULT IN AN ONGOING POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE IN THE WESTERLIES WILL BE DIVING ESE TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS IT APPROACHES THE GREAT LAKES...THE OLD UPPER LOW WILL BE ABSORBED BACK INTO THE WESTERLIES AND KICKED OUT TO THE NE. THE NEW IMPULSE WILL BRING A SURGE OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...WITH THE COLD FRONT FORECAST TO PASS THROUGH THE LOCAL AREA ON THURSDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE WILL BE VERY LIMITED...BUT MODELS SQUEEZE OUT SOME LIGHT RAIN...AND A 20-30 PERCENT POP WILL BE USED. BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE SE FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS...REACHING THE OHIO VALLEY ON SUNDAY. IT IS EXPECTED TO BRING FAIR BUT CHILLY WEATHER TO THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLD AIR WILL DEEPEN OVER THE EASTERN CONUS AND SHOULD FORM ANOTHER CLOSED LOW DURING THE WEEKEND. THE ECMWF AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE GFS ENSEMBLE FORM THIS SYSTEM OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES...WHILE THE OPERATIONAL GFS SHOWS IT OVER THE GULF OF MAINE. THE FURTHER SW SOLUTIONS RESULT IN SHOWERS AS CLOSE AS WV ON SUNDAY. SHOULD THIS UPPER LOW END UP BEING SLIGHTLY FURTHER WEST OF THE ECMWF...LOW POPS WOULD NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. HOWEVER...AT THE PRESENT TIME THE POP IS TOO LOW TO WARRANT MENTION IN THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY. && .AVIATION.../12Z TO 12Z/...UPDATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECTING LOZ AND SME BY 13 OR 14Z THIS MORNING...AND JKL BY 15Z. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE PRIMARY AVIATION CONCERNS THROUGH EARLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE THE THUNDERSTORMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED TURBULENT WINDS AND LIGHTNING. THE STRONG COLD FRONT THAT IS PRODUCING THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. ONCE THE FRONT HAS PASSED BY TO THE EAST...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND COULD BE GUSTY FOR A BIT JUST AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH GUSTS REACHING 20-25 MPH AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO HEAVY RAIN AND LOW LEVEL CLOUD COVER. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR KYZ044-050>052- 058>060-068-069-079-080-083>086-108-111-114-116. && SHORT TERM...AR LONG TERM....HAL AVIATION...AR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 702 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>086-108-111-114-116- 271415- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-WOLFE-LEE-OWSLEY- CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...CAMPTON... BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 702 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...TORNADO WATCH 856 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INCIDENTS OF STORM DAMAGE TO THEIR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON. KYZ087-088-104-106-107-109-110-112-113-115-117>120-271415- BELL-HARLAN-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT- PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 702 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...WITH DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INCIDENTS OF STORM DAMAGE TO THEIR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON. AR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 810 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011 KYZ044-050-051-261245- MONTGOMERY-BATH-FLEMING- 810 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 845 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING... NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY... NORTHWESTERN BATH AND NORTHWESTERN FLEMING. AT 810 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SIDEVIEW...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...STOOPS AROUND 815 AM EDT...BETHEL AROUND 820 AM EDT...SHERBURNE AROUND 825 AM EDT...CRAINTOWN AROUND 830 AM EDT...FLEMINGSBURG AROUND 835 AM EDT... RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. JACOBSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 858 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011 KYZ050-058-059-261330- MONTGOMERY-POWELL-ESTILL- 858 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 930 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING... SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY... NORTHWESTERN POWELL AND NORTHWESTERN ESTILL. AT 858 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FOX...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF IRVINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...SPOUT SPRINGS AROUND 905 AM EDT...CLAY CITY AROUND 910 AM EDT...ROSSLYN AROUND 915 AM EDT...BEAN AROUND 920 AM EDT...HOPE AROUND 925 AM EDT. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. RAY
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:40 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree limbs were blown down and across Hwy 421 in Morrill.
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