The remnants of tropical storm Bill produced gusty winds of 30 to 40 mph across eastern Kentucky during the afternoon hours. The winds produced some minor tree damage in Montgomery County.
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The remnants of tropical storm Bill produced gusty winds of 30 to 40 mph across eastern Kentucky during the afternoon hours. The winds produced some minor tree damage in Montgomery 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 Jun 20, 10:10 AM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1110 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1010 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 WHAT IS LEFT OF BILL IS SCREAMING UP THE OHIO VALLEY NOW. THE CENTER OF THE STORM TRACK APPEARS TO BE SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER...CURRENTLY CENTERED JUST WEST OF LEX BASED ON RADAR MOSAIC. THE SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO OPEN UP INTO A WAVE BY THIS AFTERNOON AS IT MERGES WITH A STRONGER CORE OF WESTERLIES TO OUR NORTH. UPDATED THE FORECAST PACKAGE...MAINLY TO BRING TEMPS IN LINE WITH HOURLY OBS. TEMPS ARE TRENDING A BIT WARMER IN THE EAST THAN ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED BY THIS TIME. ALSO INCREASED WINDS A BIT BASED ON SFC REPORTS. THERE APPEARS TO BE A LITTLE SUNLIGHT TRYING TO POKE THROUGH IN BETWEEN BANDS. AND DOWNSLOPING APPEARS TO BE TAKING ITS TOLL ON PRECIPITATION TOTALS OVER OUR SOUTHEAST AS WELL. AND WHILE MOISTURE...PWATS ARE IMPRESSIVE WITH THE APPROACHING STORM CENTER...2 INCHES OR MORE OVERALL RAINFALL RATES ARE NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS ONE MIGHT EXPECT. MOST OF OUR CURRENT TOTALS WERE REALIZED OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. HOWEVER... EXPECT TO SEE AN UPTICK IN INTENSITY WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND MOISTURE WILL EVENTUALLY OVERCOME DOWNSLOPE EFFECTS AS WINDS BEGIN TO SHIFT MORE SOUTHWESTERLY...AND THEN WESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON. SO WILL STICK WITH CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCH. AT PRESENT IT APPEARS OUR MAIN THREAT AREA WILL BE EITHER SIDE AND NORTH OF I-64. ALSO...WITH VERY PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WE WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO LET GO OF THE WATCH SOONER THAN ANTICIPATED. UPDATE ISSUED AT 705 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE REMNANTS OF TD BILL. RAINFALL THIS MORNING HAS BEEN ALL FROM SHOWERS. NO STRIKES FROM ANY CONVECTION YET. AS THE DAY MOVES ON...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ALONG THE BANDS ROTATING INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF BILL. FOR THIS...HAVE PUT CHANCE THUNDER INTO THE FORECAST THROUGH THE DAY WITH THE CONTINUED MENTION OF HEAVY RAINFALL. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 334 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 CURRENT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA FEATURE THE REMNANTS OF TD BILL CENTER CIRCULATION NOW OVER FAR WESTERN KY AT THIS HOUR. AHEAD OF THIS...NUMEROUS BANDS CONTINUE TO ROTATE INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAY. CURRENT MODELS SUCH AS THE NAM AND GFS HAVE THE CIRCULATION TRACKING ALONG THE OH RIVER VALLEY. AS PRECIP CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE THE AREA...MUCH IF NOT ALL OF EASTERN KENTUCKY WILL MEASURE WITH THIS EVENT AND AS SUCH WILL KEEP CATEGORICAL POPS THROUGH THE AREA INTO TONIGHT AS WELL. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED AT A FEW PLACES SO FAR BUT WILL LOOK INTO THE NOONTIME AND AFTERWARD FOR INCREASED INSTABILITY AND INCREASED RAINFALL. DURING THIS TIME AS PWATS INCREASE BEYOND 2 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE. THOUGH...IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT DURING THIS MORNING HOURS...SOME TRAINING OF THE BANDS ARE OCCURRING SO SOME MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS MORNING AND INTO TONIGHT. THEREFORE...THE FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM NOW THROUGH 06Z TONIGHT. ALSO FOR TODAY...THERE WILL BE SOME THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER BUT THIS DEPENDS ON WHAT INSTABILITY DEVELOPS AHEAD OF THE CENTER OF BILL. WILL KEEP SOME MENTION OF WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE HWO AS SOME INCREASED HEATING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FAR EAST AND COUPLED WITH THE LOW LEVEL SHEAR FROM BILL...A FEW STRONG CELLS WITHIN THE BANDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AND THIS IS HIGHLIGHTED BY SPC WITH A SLIGHT RISK IN PLACE OVER FAR EASTERN KENTUCKY. TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY...AS THE CENTER OF BILL PULLS OFF TO THE EAST...MODELS INDICATE NO HINDRANCE ALONG THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND GIVEN THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IN PLACE BEING QUITE PROGRESSIVE...THIS SEEMS LIKELY. DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY...THE ATTENTION TURNS FROM BILL TO DEVELOPING NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE AREA AS MID LEVEL RIDGING DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS SETS THE STAGE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTINUED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH AN UPPER WAVE PASSING TO THE NORTH AND PUSHING A COLD FRONT THROUGH NORTHERN KENTUCKY. MODEL SOUNDINGS SUNDAY AFTERNOON PUT QUITE A BIT OF INSTABILITY OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY AS THE FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST. AT THIS POINT...A FEW STRONG CELLS WILL LIKELY DROP SOUTH INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY. WILL MENTION THIS IN THE HWO AS WELL. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 334 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 AN ELONGATED UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CONUS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. THE CORE OF THIS RIDGE WILL SLIDE EASTWARD FROM THE FOUR CORNERS REGION SUNDAY NIGHT TO TENNESSEE BY TUESDAY NIGHT. TROUGHING DIGGING INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL THEN SHUNT THE RIDGE BACK TO THE WEST BY FRIDAY. AT THE SURFACE...A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL WAFFLE AROUND THE REGION ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE UPPER RIDGE. THE RESULT OF THIS PATTERN WILL BE A PROLONGED WARM AND VERY HUMID STRETCH OF DAYS...WITH A PERSISTENT THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH PERIOD. WHILE THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THERE COULD ALSO BE OCCASIONAL CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES ROLL THROUGH ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 705 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 MUCH OF THE WEATHER INTO THE DAWN HOURS WILL BE DOMINATED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. HEADING INTO THE AFTERNOON...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ON THE INCREASE...CAUSING TAF SITES TO DROP BELOW FIELD MINS AT MANY LOCATIONS BY THE LATE AFTERNOON AND HAVE INDICATED THIS IN THE TAFS. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. WITH CLEARINGLATER TONIGHT...FOG WILL DEVELOP AT MOST LOCATION AS WELL. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SOME 5 TO 10 KNOT WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH AS BILL APPROACHES. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR KYZ044-050>052- 058>060-068-069-079-080-104-106>117-119-120. && UPDATE...RAY SHORT TERM...SHALLENBERGER LONG TERM...ABE AVIATION...SHALLENBERGER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 423 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-104-106>117-119-120-211130- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN- FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...CAMARGO... JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...BRODHEAD... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...BEATTYVILLE... JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD... MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ...COAL RUN...ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE... SOUTH WILLIAMSON 423 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO LATE TONIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AS THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF WIND DAMAGE OR FLOODING TODAY AND INTO LATE TONIGHT. KYZ083>088-118-211130- WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY... CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE... CUMBERLAND...HARLAN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG 423 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO LATE TONIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AS THE REMNANTS OF A TROPICAL STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF WIND DAMAGE OR FLOODING TODAY AND INTO LATE TONIGHT. SHALLENBERGER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
115 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-104-106-201915-
ESTILL-BATH-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROWAN-MORGAN-ELLIOTT-MONTGOMERY-FLEMING-
115 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
...AN AREA OF STRONG SHOWERS WILL AFFECT ESTILL...BATH...POWELL...
MENIFEE...ROWAN...MORGAN...ELLIOTT...MONTGOMERY...FLEMING...
AT 107 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG SHOWERS WAS LOCATED ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MPH.
THIS HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND PONDING OF
WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. SOME GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MOUNT
STERLING...MOREHEAD...STANTON...FLEMINGSBURG...OWINGSVILLE... SANDY
HOOK...FRENCHBURG...MARSHALL...JEFFERSONVILLE...CAMARGO...CLAY
CITY...WELLINGTON...SHARPSBURG...SALT LICK...GRANGE CITY...VAUGHNS
MILL...ELIZAVILLE...PECKS RIDGE...LOWER SPENCER AND STOLL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... BERT T. COMBS MOUNTAIN
PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 36. INTERSTATE 64 IN EASTERN
KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 148.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPARDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINS ARE FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS...WHICH MAY LEAD
TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING...PLEASE TURN ON YOUR
HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3852 8363 3843 8358 3839 8340 3819 8327
3827 8317 3817 8292 3816 8291 3812 8289
3803 8301 3783 8362 3772 8371 3776 8383
3768 8410 3781 8412 3783 8400 3793 8397
3812 8408 3832 8384 3844 8398 3849 8393
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 099DEG 47KT 3830 8464
JMWThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gusty winds knocked down tree limbs and branches at Jeffersonville Park.
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