S. this afternoon and later pushing through eastern Kentucky during the late evening and overnight hours.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
A strong early spring cold front led to a line of showers and thunderstorms developing across the Midwestern U.S. this afternoon and later pushing through eastern Kentucky during the late evening and overnight hours. Initially, a few embedded supercell thunderstorms produced large hail due to their rotation and stronger updrafts. Damaging wind gusts ended up being the primary threat across eastern Kentucky as these features became organized into line segments later into the night.
Numerous reports of downed trees and power lines were received across southeastern Kentucky where the greatest amount of instability was present. Homes in Leslie, Letcher, and Pike Counties suffered extensive damage from trees falling onto them, including one at Willow Tree Hollow near Marrowbone and Regina southeast of Pikeville that led to an injury to a person inside. More scattered wind damage was also reported up toward and north of Mountain Parkway as individual storm cells embedded within the larger line intensified.
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 Apr 3, 8:20 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED National Weather Service Jackson KY 920 PM EDT Tue Apr 3 2018 .UPDATE... Issued at 920 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018 The surface cold front has made it to western Kentucky. So far, stronger convection has been staying to just to our north and west. Temperatures are currently still in the low to mid 70s across most locations; however, dew points have also dropped into the lower to mid 50s. Two lines of more intense convection are currently ongoing, one from near Frankfort to Bowling Green out ahead of the cold front. Another line of convection exists back closer to the front, a good 1 to 2 hours behind the pre-frontal line. The pre-frontal line looks to make it to our west closer to 10 pm; however, given the waning instability would imagine this initial convective line would want to weaken as it approaches our area. On the other hand, these cells are more long-lived in nature, so will continue to monitor trends and expand the convective watch as needed. Updates will be out shortly. && .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Wednesday night) Issued at 347 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018 Current conditions across the area feature clearing skies over the area with a warm southerly wind across the area. The warm front that was over the area has lifted well to the north into southern OH as evident by the convection that has developed to the north this afternoon. In fact, model soundings over the area indicate that the cap in place is holding and will not expect a pop up storm this afternoon into the early evening. However, will expect significant surface heating and good conditional instability to be in place. In addition the environmental wind flow is quite strong with the amount of gradient in place. So will keep the Lake Wind Advisory going into the event onset. Heading into tonight, the line of storms develops just ahead of the cold front which is now just moving into eastern MO. This line of storms will race across Kentucky making it to the Bluegrass region by 02Z. The line is expected to be weakening as it arrives but given the forcing in place and the heating from todays activity, the squall line will realize some of this elevated instability. Thus will still expect a good chance of strong to severe storms moving into eastern Kentucky tonight. While straight line winds is still the main threat, the amount of speed shear in place will make the environment suitable for an isolated tornado to spin up. Thankfully, this activity will pass through eastern Kentucky rather quickly with the bulk of the convection moving out by 06Z to 08Z. Rainfall amounts will be rather less with only a half an inch expected in most places. Heading into the day tomorrow, the showers lingering behind the front will be slow to exit leaving cloud cover and a chilly rain for tomorrow. The rain will come to an end by tomorrow afternoon and cloud cover is expected to lift out of the area as high pressure quickly ushers in colder and drier air from the west. With this, will expect unseasonal temperatures dropping into the upper 20s, will expect the development of some frost over the area. this as well has been mentioned in the HWO. .LONG TERM...(Thursday through Tuesday) Issued at 332 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018 The primary event of interest in the extended is going to be the potential for snow Friday night and Saturday morning. The latest model data has the main band of snow shifted to the north and northwest across eastern Kentucky, with the highest snowfall totals now forecast to occur along and north of the Hal Rogers Parkway. Storm totals could range from 1 to 3 inches. The precipitation will start out as rain Friday afternoon, before mixing with and changing to snow late Friday night. The precipitation should then mix with and change to rain late Saturday morning into early Saturday afternoon. Any lingering rain showers should exit eastern Kentucky by Saturday evening. After that, there should be a brief period of dry weather on Sunday. A second weather system is then forecast to bring more rain to the area Sunday night through Monday night. Temperatures will be all over the place in the extended. Lows are expected to fall into the 20s and 30s Friday night and the 20s Saturday night. Minimum readings should be quite a bit warmer to start the new work week, with lows ranging from the mid 30s to lower 40s both Sunday night and Monday night. Highs each day will range from the 50s and 60s on Thursday and Friday, to the 40s on Saturday, and the 40s and 50s on Sunday. Another warm up is in store for the start of the week, with highs on Monday forecast to max out from the mid 50s to lower 60s across the area. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Wednesday evening) ISSUED AT 920 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018 VFR conditions will deteriorate quickly from west to east between 02 and 07z, as a cold front approaches and brings a period of showers and thunderstorms to the area. MVFR or lower ceilings/visibilities will accompany this convection, with at least some chance of seeing wind gusts above 40 kts in places. Showers and storms will diminish across the area between 08 and 12z, with MVFR ceilings raising back up to VFR and scattering out by Wednesday afternoon. Southwest winds of 10 to 15 kts, with gusts of 15 to 25 kts, will shift to the west and northwest behind the cold front overnight. West to northwest winds will remain gusty through Wednesday, before diminishing in the evening. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && UPDATE...GEOGERIAN SHORT TERM...SHALLENBERGER LONG TERM...AR AVIATION...GEOGERIAN
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 951 PM EDT Tue Apr 3 2018 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-041100- 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- 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, Monticello, Stearns, Whitley City, Corbin, Williamsburg, Barbourville, Middlesboro, Pineville, Cumberland, Harlan, Sandy Hook, West Liberty, Paintsville, Campton, Salyersville, Prestonsburg, Wheelwright, Beattyville, Jackson, Hindman, Pippa Passes, Booneville, Hazard, Manchester, Hyden, Jenkins, Whitesburg, Inez, Coal Run, Elkhorn City, Pikeville, and South Williamson 951 PM EDT Tue Apr 3 2018 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 34 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms are expected tonight. Some of the thunderstorms may be severe. Damaging wind gusts will be the primary threat; however, an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Frost will be possible Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Light snow accumulations will be possible Friday night into Saturday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any instances of severe weather tonight. GEOGERIAN
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
734 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018
KYZ044-040000-
Fleming-
734 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN FLEMING COUNTY...
At 734 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Fairview, or 12
miles west of Flemingsburg, moving east at 40 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Flemingsburg, Fairview, Mount Carmel, Nepton, Foxport, Elizaville,
Ewing and Flemingsburg Junction.
LAT...LON 3852 8363 3850 8362 3850 8361 3849 8359
3844 8357 3843 8358 3841 8394 3842 8395
3844 8398 3849 8393 3846 8385 3852 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 260DEG 51KT 3848 8397
KASSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
1014 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018
KYZ044-050-051-040245-
Montgomery-Fleming-Bath-
1014 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MONTGOMERY...BATH AND
SOUTH CENTRAL FLEMING COUNTIES...
At 1014 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered near Judy, or 7
miles north of Mount Sterling, moving east at 50 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Mount Sterling, Owingsville, Marshall, Jeffersonville, Camargo,
Sharpsburg, Salt Lick, Levee, Wyoming, Peasticks, Olympia Springs,
Flat Creek, Odessa, Bourbon Furnace, Pebble, Prewitt, Crooks, Bethel,
Oakley and Ewington.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 3838 8362 3822 8357 3819 8364 3817 8359
3815 8362 3812 8360 3815 8358 3813 8355
3811 8356 3811 8355 3806 8353 3794 8397
3812 8408 3817 8399 3830 8385 3832 8384
3832 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 253DEG 44KT 3817 8397
KASThe Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:22 UTC.
19 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency Management reported penny to quarter sized hail near and north of Brodhead.
A trained spotter observed nickel to quarter sized hail from Boone to east of Conway.
Dispatch reported that two trees were knocked down within the city limits of Stanton.
Local media reported quarter sized hail in McKee.
Dispatch relayed reports of several trees and large limbs blown down from southeast of West Liberty to Crockett.
Dispatch reported a couple of trees blown down from Falcon to Salyersville, including one near Kentucky Highway 7.
Numerous power outages were reported across the county due to broken power poles and downed power lines.
There were several trees knocked down in Corbin, while a roof to a restaurant was damaged. This report was via social media.
A couple of citizens reported trees blown down in Gray and to points east, including one onto a home in Gray.
A large tree was blown down at the intersection of Kentucky Highways 830 and 1223 near Lynn Camp.
A power pole was broken and knocked over by thunderstorm wind gusts northwest of Prestonsburg.
Dispatch reported multiple trees blown down along U.S. Highway 119 near Calvin.
Numerous trees were blown down from Wooton to Hyden.
A trained spotter reported several trees down south of Hyden along U.S. Highway 421.
Department of Highway officials reported several trees blown down along Kentucky Highway 122 south of Martin.
An AWOS station northwest of Harlan recorded a 62 mph thunderstorm wind gust. Farther east in Evarts, a beauty salon suffered roof damage due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
An official from the Viper Fire Department reported numerous downed trees, as well as a mobile home and carport being heavily damaged due to thunderstorm winds.
Department of Highway officials reported numerous trees blown down from Talcum to southeast of Hindman.
Department of Highway officials reported several trees blown down from south of Wayland to southeast of Wheelwright.
Dispatch reported a garage and the roof of a building were both heavily damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts near Mayking.
A mesonet station south of Pikeville recorded a thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph. Farther north, the roof of a Subway restaurant in Shelby was blown off by thunderstorm winds.
Local Emergency Management reported structural damage in and around Marrowbone southeast of Pikeville. A tree was blown onto a mobile home at Willow Tree Hollow, injuring one person inside. A home on Blair Adkins Road at Yellow Hill had its roof blown off.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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