A couple thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours and produced winds strong enough to down trees in a small area of Breathitt and Bath Counties.
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A couple thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours and produced winds strong enough to down trees in a small area of Breathitt and Bath Counties.
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 2, 1:07 PM EST, 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 207 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1017 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ISOLATED SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE FAR EAST...ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTH AND DIMINISHING. WILL CONTINUE WITH PREVIOUS FORECAST OF ISL CENTRAL AND SCT EAST DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS...BEFORE BEST MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WORK TO INITIATE MORE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERNOON. WENT AHEAD AND BUMPED UP POPS TO ISOLATED IN THE FAR SW PORTIONS OF THE CWA BASED ON LATEST HRR RUN AND SOME POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS LOCATION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ONLY OTHER UPDATE WAS TO MAKE TEMPS AND WINDS MORE CURRENT WITH OBSERVATIONS. UPDATE ISSUED AT 704 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 BATCH OF SHOWERS LIFTING NORTH OUT OF TENNESSEE WILL SKIRT OUR EASTERNMOST COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SPED UP THE ARRIVAL TIME OF HIGHER POPS IN THE THESE AREAS BUT LEFT THE REST OF THE FORECAST UNCHANGED FOR NOW. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 300 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 STUBBORN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DRIFT WESTWARD OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS. A NARROW SWATH OF DRIER MID LEVEL AIR WILL MOVE OVERHEAD TODAY AND MODEL SOUNDINGS...PARTICULARLY THE NAM...SHOW A STRONG CAPPING INVERSION ALOFT AS WELL. THE CAP AND DRIER AIR APPEAR MORE INFLUENTIAL THE FURTHER WEST YOU GO IN OUR FORECAST AREA BASED ON SOUNDINGS SO HAVE LOWERED POPS IN THE WEST WHILE MAINTAINING A CORRIDOR OF 60 POPS FROM WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE AND INEZ EASTWARD. SHOULD A STORM BE ABLE TO PENETRATE THE CAP AND DRIER AIR...LOW WET- BULB ZERO HEIGHTS POINT TO A HAIL THREAT ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS DUE TO HIGHER WINDS ALOFT AND THE DRY LAYER IN THE MID LEVELS. THE DEEPER MOISTURE TO OUR EAST WILL GET DRAWN WESTWARD INTO OUR AREA ON WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO PULL FURTHER TO OUR WEST. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN BETTER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH A FEW STRONG STORMS AGAIN POSSIBLE. WITH PWATS JUMPING BACK UP ABOVE 1.5 INCHES...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGAIN BE A THREAT ON WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE FORECAST TO RISE INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S TODAY...A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY DUE TO WHAT SHOULD BE LESS SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. WEDNESDAY SHOULD THEN SEE THE MERCURY TOP OUT NEAR 80 WITH MORE CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 205 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 A VERY AMPLIFIED PATTERN AT 50H THU MORNING WITH STRONG RIDGES LOCATED OVER THE DESERT SW AND OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST SANDWICHING A SHARP TROF OVER THE ERN PLAINS. THE FLOW FROM THE SW AT 50H AND SFC CONTINUES TO BRING WARM AND MOIST GULF AIR INTO THE OHIO/TENN VALLEY. DEW POINT TEMPS WILL CONTINUE IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. THIS WILL KEEP OVERNIGHT LOWS IN CHECK WITH FOG NEARLY EVERY NIGHT. FOG SHOULD BE MAINLY RESTRICTED TO THE VALLEYS AND MAY AFFECT SOME OF THE AIRPORTS NOT ON THE RIDGETOPS. BY FRI AFTERNOON THE LOW PRESSURE IN THE OZARKS BEGINS TO LIFT OUT AND CLIMB THRU THE GREAT LAKES IN PIECES WITH ONE PIECE FRI NIGHT. THE REMAINING LOW BECOMES CUT OF OVER MISSOURI AS THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL ACROSS THE NRN CONUS BORDER. THE CUT OFF LOW FINALLY GETS PICKED UP IN THE FAST ZONAL FLOW BY TUE AS THE BERMUDA HIGH BUILDS WEST OF THE APPALACHIAN MTNS. AT THE SFC THE SW FLOW OF MOIST AIR WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CONVECTION WITH QUIETER PERIODS OVERNIGHT. THIS DIRTY RIDGE AT THE SFC WILL KEEP ERN KY IN A WET PATTERN BUT THE AIRBORNE WATER VAPOR WILL ALSO ABSORB MUCH OF THE DAY TIME HEATING THRU A DEEPER LAYER. THIS WILL EFFECTIVELY HOLD BNDRY LAYER HIGH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER TO MID 80S. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 129 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 AFTERNOON CONVECTION HAS STARTED APPEARING ON RADAR...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THE QUESTION IS TO WHAT EXTENT IN THE ATMOSPHERE THIS CONVECTION WILL BE ALLOWED TO GROW...AS THERE IS A PREDOMINATE LAYER OF MID LEVEL WARMING. WHETHER OR NOT THE CONVECTION CAN MAKE IT PAST THIS WARMING LAYER WILL DETERMINE IF TAF SITES SEE HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS...OR HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WITH POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AS HAS BEEN THE LAST PREVIOUS DAYS...STORM NATURE IS SUCH THAT IT IS HARD TO DETERMINE IF ANY ONE CELL WILL IMPACT A PARTICULAR TAF SITE. WENT WITH VCTS AT THIS TIME WITH POSSIBLE UPDATES FOR MORE CERTAIN IMPACTS. OVERNIGHT...EXPECT PATCHY FOG REDEVELOPMENT WITH MOIST ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE. THIS COULD MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS TAF SITES AND LOWER CONDITIONS TO MVFR OR EVEN IFR AFTER MIDNIGHT. A BETTER CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE IN DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && UPDATE...JMW SHORT TERM...ABE LONG TERM...DUSTY AVIATION...JMW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 401 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-031100- 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- 401 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AREAS OF FOG CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THE FOG WILL BE LOCALLY DENSE REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ABE/JJ
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 13 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:31 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large limbs were knocked out of trees onto Highway 30 in the Shoulderblade Community.
Several trees and tree limbs were downed in a 2 mile area along Highway 60 and Bob-o-Link Drive. One large tree was uprooted and fell onto a car and house.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 467534, 467535.