An isolated severe thunderstorm blew down several trees and large tree limbs in peoples yards along Route 229 south of London.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm blew down several trees and large tree limbs in peoples yards along Route 229 south of London.
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 Jul 3, 12:35 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 135 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 136 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ISSUED AN UPDATE TO ACCOUNT FOR TEMPERATURES BEING WARMER THAN EXPECTED. POPS WERE ADJUSTED TO FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTH AGAIN. WITH CAPES INCREASING IN THE SOUTH AND THE CAP WEAKENING...CELLS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. WITH LITTLE ORGANIZATION EXPECTED...WILL HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR MERGERS AND CELLS THAT SPLIT. OTHERWISE...JUST SOME RUN OF THE MILL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. NO ZFP THIS ISSUANCE BUT ONE WILL BE ISSUED WITH THE 4PM ISSUANCE. UPDATE ISSUED AT 1006 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 CURRENT RADAR AND VIS IS SHOWING SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS DEVELOPING ALONG THE I-75 AND ALONG THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY THIS MORNING AND SO HAVE UPDATED TO THROW SOME POPS INTO THE MORNING HOURS. MORNING SOUNDINGS ARE COMING IN A BIT UNSTABLE THIS MORNING AND THESE POPPING SHOWERS ARE THE RESULT. LOOKS LIKE COVERAGE WILL INCREASE AS THE HEAT OF THE DAY SETS IN. THIS COUPLED WITH THE NAM AND RUC SHOWING WEAK UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT CREEPS IN FROM THE WEST. SO ADJUSTED TEMPS AND CLOUD COVER AND SENT OUT A NEW ZFP. UPDATE ISSUED AT 741 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 UPDATED SKY COVER GRIDS AND DEW POINTS BASED ON OBSERVED CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 409 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 A WEAK UPPER TROUGH WILL BE SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER THE REGION DURING THE PERIOD. IN COMBINATION WITH DIURNAL DESTABILIZATION EACH DAY...CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. WITH FEATURES BEING WEAK... PRECISELY WHERE IT OCCURS REMAINS TO BE SEEN...AND AT THIS POINT THE FORECAST WILL DEAL IN GENERALITY. WILL BE USING CHANCE POPS PEAKING LATE IN THE DAYTIME HOURS. THE NAM HAS INDICATED A CONVECTIVE SYSTEM MOVING SSW INTO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY...AND HAVE USED SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS IN OUR NE COUNTIES ON WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT A LARGE SPATIAL DIFFERENCE IN POPS. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE HOT AND NEAR RECORD HIGHS...WITH NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN AIR MASS. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 400 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 THERE IS GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT WITH THE LONG WAVE PATTERN THROUGH THE EXTENDED...AS A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS GRADUALLY BUILDS IN ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS...BRINGING REINFORCING HEAT AS WELL AS MAINLY ISOLATED CONVECTION FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. BY SUNDAY AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...TROUGHING WILL AMPLIFY ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND NEW ENGLAND. THIS WILL SEND A SURFACE COLD FRONT SOUTH TOWARDS THE COMMONWEALTH...ALLOWING FOR SOME BETTER CHANCES OF CONVECTION AS WELL AS COOLER AIR. DETAILS CONTINUE TO BE CHALLENGING WITH HOW ALL OF THIS UNFOLDS...WITH THE ECMWF SLOWER AND THE GFS MORE PROGRESSIVE. AS SUCH...HAVE STUCK CLOSE TO A BLEND OF THE LATEST GUIDANCE AS WELL AS THE INHERITED FORECAST. SATURDAY LOOKS TO BE THE WARMEST DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 136 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH OUT THE PERIOD. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SO PUT VCTS IN THE TAFS FOR THE 21Z TO 01Z PERIOD. DUE TO THE SCATTERED NATURE OF THE ACTIVITY...WILL GO WITH A VFR OVERNIGHT FOR THE TAF SITES. HOWEVER...THIS WILL CHANGE SHOULD THEY GET A GOOD RAINFALL. OTHERWISE...WILL EXPECT MVFR AND IFR OVER RIVER VALLEYS TONIGHT AND AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAINFALL. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && UPDATE...SHALLENBERGER SHORT TERM...HAL LONG TERM....GEOGERIAN AVIATION...SHALLENBERGER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 635 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-104-106-108-111-041100- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN- WOLFE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE 635 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...AND ALSO SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WITH ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN KENTUCKY... AN ELEVATED THREAT FOR WILDFIRES IS ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. KYZ068-069-079-080-083>088-107-109-110-112>120-041100- ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL- HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY- LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON... MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD... MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE 635 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...AND AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THERE IS ANOTHER POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WITH ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN KENTUCKY... AN ELEVATED THREAT FOR WILDFIRES IS ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HAL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 222 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 KYZ080-084-085-031845- MCCREARY-WHITLEY-LAUREL- 222 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON... NORTHERN MCCREARY... NORTHWESTERN WHITLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN LAUREL. AT 222 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HONEYBEE...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITLEY CITY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...CUMBERLAND FALLS S.P. AROUND 235 PM EDT...BALDROCK AROUND 240 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER THEN LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE A HAZARD. DUSTY
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:16 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and large tree limbs were blown down in peoples yards along Rt 229 south of London.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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