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AWUS83 KPAH 190832
RWSPAH
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-192000-
REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
330 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
MIXED SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS WITH WARMTH AND HUMIDITY MANAGED A
POTPOURRI OF 80S FOR HIGHS AND UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S FOR LOWS TO
START THE WEEKEND.
OUTSIDE OF AN ISOLATED CHANCE FOR A SHOWER OR STORM TODAY...INCOMING
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD AND SUPPRESS MOST STORM ACTIVITY THRU
MONDAY. STORM CHANCES THEN PICK UP SLOWLY BUT SURELY BEGINNING
MONDAY NIGHT AS A SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST...PEAKING TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS PASSAGE IS MADE.
WARM AND HUMID 80S AND 60S WILL PERSIST UNTIL THEN...AFTER WHICH A
SLIGHT COOL OFF TO 70S AND 50S IS EXPECTED LATE IN THE WEEK.
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FOR A MORE DETAILED METEOROLOGICAL DISCUSSION...REFER TO THE AREA
FORECAST DISCUSSION PRODUCT (PIL SDFAFDPAH).
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AWUS83 KJKL 181951
RWSJKL
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-192000-
REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
351 PM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013
CLOUDY SKIES...ALONG WITH AREAS OF LIGHT FOG...WERE PRESENT ACROSS
EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. TWENTY FOUR HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS
REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS VARIED FROM A TRACE TO 71
HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. TEMPERATURE READINGS AT 7 AM GENERALLY RANGED
FROM THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. THE TYPICAL LOW FOR THIS DAY IN MAY
IS IN THE MID 50S.
BY MID AFTERNOON...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS...ALONG WITH
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE
COALFIELDS...WHILE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WERE MOVING ACROSS
THE REST OF THE AREA. HIGHS REACHED INTO THE LOWER TO MID
70S...WHICH IS NEAR NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW...AND A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND
IT...WILL PASS ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS WEEKEND...PRODUCING
PERIODIC CHANCES FOR SHOWERS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL OCCUR
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS EACH DAY. UNSETTLED WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE SLOWLY WORKS FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY REGION.
LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S AND HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL
BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S WITH A FEW LOCATIONS REACHING INTO THE
LOWER 80S.
ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1995...TWO ROUNDS OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED THE REGION. A MORNING SQUALL LINE BROUGHT
LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TO MANY LOCATIONS...WITH SOME GUSTS
REPORTED AS HIGH AS 80 MPH. AN F2 TORNADO OCCURRED IN ROWAN COUNTY
DURING THE MORNING HOURS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS FORMED DURING THE
AFTERNOON BRINGING MORE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...HAIL...AND TORNADOES.
AMONG THE MANY SEVERE REPORTS...HAIL UP TO 2.75 INCHES IN DIAMETER
WAS OBSERVED IN LETCHER AND PIKE COUNTIES. AN F1 TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN NEAR THE HIGHWAY 80 AND 461 INTERSECTION IN PULASKI COUNTY
DURING THE EVENING. AN F2 TORNADO ALSO TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF
LONDON IN LAUREL COUNTY AND OTHER WEAK TORNADOES OCCURRED IN CLAY
AND BREATHITT COUNTIES.
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