An area of low pressure that tracked across eastern Kentucky brought a slug of precipitation to the area Tuesday evening and Tuesday night. Most locations south of the Mountain Parkway were warm enough that the precipitation fell as rain, with amounts of one-half to one and a half inches of rain common.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
An area of low pressure that tracked across eastern Kentucky brought a slug of precipitation to the area Tuesday evening and Tuesday night. Most locations south of the Mountain Parkway were warm enough that the precipitation fell as rain, with amounts of one-half to one and a half inches of rain common. However, along and north of the Mountain Parkway, temperatures remained around freezing, resulting in quite a bit of ice accumulation in the trees, mainly along the ridge tops and higher elevations. This ice accumulation downed numerous trees and resulted in some power outages.
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 Feb 4, 3:01 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 301 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 301 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES TONIGHT...IT WILL OVERRUN THE AREA WITH WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION. THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED WILL GET A LITTLE TRICKY. THE DENSE CLOUD COVERED EXPERIENCED ACROSS MOST OF THE ARE TODAY REALLY HELD DOWN TEMPERATURES DOWN. AS A RESULT...THERE ARE POCKETS...MAINLY NORTH OF JACKSON...WHERE THE TEMPERATURES HAVE STAYED BELOW 32 DEGREES. IN THESE AREAS...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN. THE MOST LIKELY AREA IS IN FLEMING COUNTY...WHERE TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN THE COLDEST. WHEN THE RAIN STARTS COMING DOWN HARDER...THE WARMER RAIN WILL ACTUALLY WARM THE SURFACE AND SHOULD MELT A LOT OF THE ICE AWAY. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH WILL BE LEFT. IN AREAS UNDER THE ADVISORY...IT IS LIKELY THAT ALL OF THE ICE WILL BE MELTED. THE NEXT PROBLEM IS THE RAINFALL. THE ALREADY SATURATED...AND IT PLACES PARTIALLY FROZEN GROUND...WILL CAUSE ALMOST ALL OF THE RAIN TO IMMEDIATELY RUN OFF. IN ADDITION...ANY SNOW THAT IS STILL REMAINING WILL MELT AND RUN AWAY. AN ICE JAM COULD ALSO CREATE PROBLEMS. CONSIDERING THE SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH...THIS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING AS WELL AS FLOODING ON THE KENTUCKY AND RED RIVERS. THE AREA AROUND RAVENNA...COULD ACTUALLY APPROACH MODERATE FLOODING BY THE THE TIME IT CRESTS ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE RED RIVER NEAR CLAY CITY WILL ALSO BE QUITE VULNERABLE FOR FLOODING. THE MODELS DIFFER ON HOW MUCH RAIN TO EXPECT...SO THE STAYED VERY CLOSE TO THE WPC FORECAST. SOME POST FRONTAL SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES CAN BE EXPECTED...HOWEVER VERY LITTLE...IF ANY...ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 151 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 SOME SHALLOW MOISTURE WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY MORNING...PROVIDING A FEW FLURRIES TO START THE DAY. BY THE AFTERNOON WINDS SHOULD TURN MORE WESTERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY WITH CLOUDS BREAKING UP. WHILE A WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL PASS TO THE SOUTH ON FRIDAY...IT LOOKS LIKE MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED WITH NOTHING MORE THAN A FEW FLURRIES OR SPRINKLES POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD US INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND... MODELS REMAIN IN DISAGREEMENT REGARDING THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. WITH THAT WILL PLAN TO STICK WITH A BLEND OF THE MODELS WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW AT TIMES. DEPENDING ON THE TRACK WE COULD SEE A BIT BETTER SNOWFALL...BUT OVERALL SYSTEM SEEMS RATHER DISORGANIZED AS IT CROSSES THE AREA THIS WEEKEND...SO HEAVIER AMOUNTS SEEM IN QUESTION. IN FACT...12Z ECMWF SHOWS UP VIRTUALLY BEING SPLIT BY TWO WAVES WITH VERY LITTLE SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. NO MATTER THE TRACK...AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS LATE THIS WEEKEND...COLD AIR SHOULD SPREAD BACK ACROSS THE AREA WITH SOME UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE LATE IN THE WEEKEND. BEYOND THIS SYSTEM...LOOKS LIKE HIGH PRESSURE WILL FINALLY SETTLE IN FOR NEXT WEEK WITH A GOOD WARMING TREND AS IT SLIDES EAST BY MID TO LATE WEEK. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 739 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 IFR TO LIFR STRATUS DECK WILL HOLD IN THROUGH THE MORNING ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS...BEFORE GRADUALLY SCATTERING AND RAISING TO MVFR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AN APPROACHING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAINS TO THE AREA ONCE AGAIN...WITH ICING EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF I-64. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE BY LATE IN THE DAY AND ESPECIALLY INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL REMAIN AT AROUND 5 KTS OUT OF THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY...BEFORE BECOMING MORE VARIABLE AS THE SURFACE LOW CENTER NEARS AND PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH FROM 8 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR KYZ050>052- 058>060-104-106-108-111. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR KYZ044. && SHORT TERM...JJ LONG TERM...KAS AVIATION...GEOGERIAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 622 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 KYZ050>052-051130- MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD 622 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY LATE TODAY...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONALLY...THE RAIN WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...POSSIBLY LEADING TO MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...AS WELL AS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ICE AMOUNTS...AS WELL AS ANY INSTANCES OF FLOODING TONIGHT. KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-051130- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE... CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 622 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAIN WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...POSSIBLY LEADING TO FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT RISES WILL OCCUR ALONG PORTIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND... KENTUCKY...AND LICKING RIVER BASINS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEST OF A LINE FROM FRENCHBURG TO LONDON ON WEDNESDAY...AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PAINTSVILLE TO WHITLEY CITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN KENTUCKY FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TONIGHT. KYZ044-051130- FLEMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG 622 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY LATE TODAY...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN...AND EVENTUALLY A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN TONIGHT. UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONALLY...THE RAIN WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...POSSIBLY LEADING TO MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...AS WELL AS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ICE AMOUNTS...AS WELL AS ANY INSTANCES OF FLOODING TONIGHT. GEOGERIAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 600 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 KYZ068-069-079-080-107-109-110-112>117-119-050600- ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT- KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON... PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN... BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ 600 PM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...SLICK SPOTS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING... TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD NEAR FREEZING ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA THIS EVENING AS RAIN OVERSPREADS EAST KENTUCKY. THIS WILL CREATE A POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLICK SPOTS ON THE ROADWAYS AND ELEVATED SURFACES...MAINLY ON THE RIDGES. IN ADDITION... AREAS OF FOG...LOCALLY DENSE...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGETOPS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS WHEN OUT THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF WEDNESDAY. GREIF
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 ice storm, 6 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Three eights of an inch of ice accumulation occurred 10 miles east of Irvine. The ice brought down numerous trees and limbs across the county.
A third of an inch of ice accumulation occurred. Ice laden trees were downed across the county. About 100 customers were without power for a time due to trees and limbs falling onto power lines.
Up to one quarter of an inch of ice accumulation occurred on ridges around the county. Numerous trees were brought down due to the weight of the ice on them on Furnace Mountain and on Cane Creek.
Around a quarter of an inch of ice accumulation brought down trees and limbs in the southeast corner of the county. Lesser amounts of ice were observed over the rest of the county.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulation weighed down pine trees in and around Jeffersonville, causing some of the limbs to break off and fall from the trees.
Around a quarter of an inch of ice accumulated on ridge tops throughout the county. Power outages due to trees falling on power lines also occurred. The hardest areas were on Hwy 519 near the Rowan county line and Hwy 206 near the Elliott county line.
Up to a quarter of an inch of ice accumulated on trees along the ridge tops. Scattered power outages occurred due to ice laden trees and limbs falling onto power lines.
Around one quarter of an inch of ice accumulation occurred, mainly on ridge tops, across the county. Trees were downed here and there around the county due to the weight of the ice on them.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated on trees in Sandy Hook.
An eight of an inch of ice had accumulated on trees in the area.
Around one quarter of an inch of ice accumulated in trees on ridge tops across the northern end of the county. Numerous trees were brought down due to the weight of the ice on them, resulting in scattered power outages.
A glaze of ice had formed on elevated surfaces during the past hour in Ida May.
A tenth of an inch of ice accumulation occurred at the Jackson weather office.
Around a quarter of an inch of ice accumulated on ridge tops around the county. Numerous power outages occurred due to ice lade trees and limbs falling onto power lines. The hardest hit area was the southern end of the county.
A tenth of an inch of ice accumulation occurred in Sandgap.
Two tenths of an inch of snow fell 3 miles west southwest of Prestonsburg.
Half an inch of snow fell in Island City.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, February 2014
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: 493249, 493255, 493257, 493259, 498629, 493250, 493253, 493258, 498631, 493243, 493251, 493238, 493240, 493252, 493247, 493260, 493261.