An isolated thunderstorm produced an area of wind damage in Clay City, KY.
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An isolated thunderstorm produced an area of wind damage in Clay City, KY.
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 10, 2:02 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 302 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1023 AM EDT MON JUN 10 2013 AS THE LINE OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN KY...NOTICED PREVIOUS FORECAST HAD A GOOD HANDLE ON THE SET UP BUT WAS RUNNING SLIGHTLY SLOW ON THE PROGRESSION. MOVED GRIDS FORWARD SLIGHTLY TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT LOCATION AND FASTER MOVEMENT OF THE INITIAL LINE. TIMING OUT THE NEXT AREA OF PRECIP TO OUR WEST...MAY GET INTO EASTERN KY A LITTLE SOONER THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECASTED. WENT AHEAD AND SENT OUT UPDATE ON CURRENT PRECIP TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ACCOUNTED FOR...BUT WILL NOW FOCUS ATTENTION ON MAKING SURE GRIDS WILL REFLECT INCOMING PRECIP/CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. UPDATE ISSUED AT 656 AM EDT MON JUN 10 2013 RAIN BAND CONTINUES TO ADVANCE EASTWARD INTO OUR FORECAST AREA AT THIS TIME AND FORECAST WAS TWEAKED PER LATEST TIMING EXPECTATIONS AS THIS MOVES THROUGH. REFLECTIVITIES HAVE DIMINISHED RECENTLY AND BAND REMAINS TRANSIENT...SO THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT REMAINS LOW. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 326 AM EDT MON JUN 10 2013 A POTENT SHORTWAVE WILL SWING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS SCOOPED UP ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WITH PWATS APPROACHING 2 INCHES AT THIS TIME. ANOTHER BAND OF RAIN IS POISED TO SWING ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MID MORNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN UNTIL OUR AIR MASS STARTS TO DRY OUT THIS AFTERNOON. AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING BEING POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT SAW HEAVY RAINFALL ON SUNDAY. THE UPSTREAM BAND OF RAIN LOOKS PROGRESSIVE ENOUGH THOUGH THAT THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT APPEARS SMALL AT THIS TIME. THE SECOND CONCERN FOR TODAY IS THE THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THERE SHOULD BE SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS BEHIND THE INCOMING BATCH OF SHOWERS DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS. LAPSE RATES WILL STEEPEN UP DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LOW SWINGS ACROSS THE AREA. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL DEPEND GREATLY ON HOW MUCH SUNSHINE WE CAN GET...AND RIGHT NOW IT DOES NOT APPEAR AS IF WE WILL GET A GREAT DEAL OF IT. HOWEVER...DO EXPECTED SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS TO REDEVELOP MID TO LATE AFTERNOON WITH SOME STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE. WET-BULB ZERO HEIGHTS FALL BELOW 10K FT SO HAIL WOULD BE A THREAT...AS WOULD WIND DAMAGE FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. RAIN CHANCES DWINDLE OVERNIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY TO OUR EAST. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL LIKELY BE A PROBLEM LATE IN THE NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE SKIES CLEAR OUT DURING THE DAY. TUESDAY LOOKS LIKE A NICE DAY WITH HIGHS REBOUNDING INTO THE LOW 80S. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 251 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013 MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH UPPER AIR PATTERN THROUGH THE EXTENDED. MAIN DIFFERENCES APPEAR TO BE RELATED TO THE MAGNITUDE OF MEAN TROUGHS AND RIDGING ACROSS THE CONUS AND MINOR TIMING ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO SHORTWAVES PASSING THROUGH MEAN FLOW. BEST DESCRIPTION WOULD BE A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN...OSCILLATING BETWEEN ZONAL AND HIGH AMPLITUDE FLOW WITH MEAN RIDGING IN THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CONUS AND MEAN TROUGHS ON EITHER SIDE. ENERGY ROUNDING THE TOP OF THE CENTRAL CONUS RIDGE WEDNESDAY WILL EVENTUALLY DIG OUT A TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. TO CLOSE OUT THE WORK WEEK...THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. REFLECTED SFC LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DISTURBANCE APPEARS TO RIDE RIGHT ALONG THE OHIO RIVER AND PULLS A RELATIVELY STRONG SFC COLD FRONT...FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR...THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY THURSDAY. SFC HIGH PRESSURE THEN TRANSITS THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY REGION OVER THE WEEKEND...AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE PLAINS FLATTENS AND SHIFTS A BIT TO THE EAST...IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RIDING OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE ALONG THE NORTHERN TIER. A VERY WEAK SHORTWAVE DIGGING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE FLATTENED RIDGE WILL PASS ACROSS THE AREA LATE SATURDAY...SUNDAY. THIS LAST FEATURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER SFC WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND WILL BRING THE THREAT OF RAIN BACK INTO THE FORECAST FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND. FOR SENSIBLE WEATHER...WEATHER IN GENERAL APPEARS QUITE UNSETTLED WITH A SPRING TIME LIKE FLAVOR...WITH RESPECT TO PROGRESSIVE SYSTEMS...THAT WILL HELP KEEP OUR TEMPERATURES AT OR JUST BELOW NORMAL FOR THE PERIOD. EXCEPTION APPEARS TO BE WEDNESDAY AS H850 TEMPS CLIMB TO NEAR 20C. FAIRLY LARGE DISCREPANCY IN MOS GUIDANCE FOR WEDNESDAY HOWEVER AS THE GFS MOS IS SEVERAL DEGREES HIGHER THAN ECMWF MOS GUIDANCE...LOW TO MID 90S VERSUS MID TO UPPER 80S. WITH POPS ON THE INCREASE DURING THAT TIME FRAME...THE ECMWF MAY BE HINTING AT MORE CLOUD COVER AND/OR A HIGHER THREAT OF RAIN AND THEREFORE RAIN COOLED CONDITIONS. EITHER WAY IT WILL FEEL VERY MUGGY AND SUMMER LIKE AS DEW POINTS CLIMB TO NEAR 70 AND THURSDAY MORNING LOWS ONLY DROP TO ABOUT 70. WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT SWEEPING THROUGH THE AREA THIS COULD SET THE STAGE FOR SOME VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 301 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013 CONTINUED BUSY AVIATION FORECAST. AS ONE BAND OF STRONG SHOWERS MOVED THROUGH AND EXITED THE REGION...MUCH OF THE REGION WAS LEFT WITH LOW CIGS AND VIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AS WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A BREIF BREAK IN THE ACTION...SKIES HAS SCATTERED OUT ACROSS THE TAF SITES AND ANY BR HAS LIFTED TO BRING CONDITIONS UP TO VFR. NOW THE FOCUS CENTERS ON THE NEXT AREA OF CONVECTION POISED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SINCE VIS AND CIGS ARE PURELY DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH CONVECTION ACTUALLY IMPACTS THE TAF SITES...SOME UPDATES MAY NEED TO BE MADE AS CONVECTION NEARS SPECIFIC TAF SITES. BUT ASSUMING RAIN FALLS...WITH AN ALREADY MOIST ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE...AND SUBSIDENCE MOVING IN OVERNIGHT...GOOD CHANCE THAT SOME WIDESPREAD FOG COULD DEVELOP. TRIED TO TREND DOWN IN VIS AND CIGS THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT AS A RESULT...WITH IFR CONDITIONS FORECASTED. THE POSSIBILITY STILL REMAINS FOR SOME LIFR CONDITIONS AS WELL...BUT CONFIDENCE THIS FAR OUT IS LOW. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && UPDATE...JMW SHORT TERM...ABE LONG TERM...RAY/DUSTY AVIATION...JMW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 406 AM EDT MON JUN 10 2013 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-111115- 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- 406 AM EDT MON JUN 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY WHERE HEAVIER RAINS FELL ON SUNDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AS A POTENT COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF HAIL...WIND DAMAGE...OR FLOODING. ABE/RAY
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were downed, including one 8-inch diameter tree that fell across the roof of a porch onto a nearby house. Several roads were also blocked due to downed trees.
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