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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
246 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...THERE WERE SOME AREAS OF PATCHY FOG THIS
MORNING. MILD CONDITIONS WERE ALSO PRESENT WITH 7 AM TEMPERATURES
MOSTLY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. NORMAL LOWS FOR LATE MAY ARE IN
THE MIDDLE 50S. THE FOG DISSIPATED BY LATE MORNING AS A FEW ISOLATED
RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHERN COAL FIELDS. LUNCHTIME
READINGS RANGED FROM THE UPPER 60S IN THE NORTHERN COAL FIELDS...TO
THE MIDDLE 70S IN FAR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY.

THIS AFTERNOON SAW MORE SHOWERS POP UP ALL OVER EASTERN
KENTUCKY...ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WERE GENERALLY LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH
IN AREAS THAT SAW PRECIPITATION. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM
THE MIDDLE 60S IN FAR EAST KENTUCKY TO THE UPPER 70S IN FAR SOUTHERN
KENTUCKY. TYPICAL HIGHS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR ARE IN THE MIDDLE TO
UPPER 70S.

LOOK FOR PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO DECREASE TODAY AS DRIER AIR MOVES
INTO THE REGION. A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS EVENING WILL OPEN THE
DOOR FOR SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES TO ARRIVE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MIDDLE 40S TO AROUND 50 DEGREES
TONIGHT...AND ONLY REBOUND TO THE MIDDLE 60S ON FRIDAY. CHILLY
CONDITIONS WILL BE ON TAP FRIDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS MOSTLY IN THE UPPER
30S TO AROUND 40 DEGREES. GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS AND A SLIGHT
WARMING TREND CAN BE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1978...HIGH WINDS FROM A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN PULASKI COUNTY BLEW THE ROOF OFF OF A HOUSE.
ALSO...IN 1989...A FLASH FLOOD WASHED OUT A BRIDGE WEST OF
BOONEVILLE. A CAR WAS TRAPPED DURING THE COLLAPSE. JACKSON AND
OWSLEY COUNTIES RECEIVED WIDESPREAD FLOODING...WITH KENTUCKY STATE
ROUTES 1938 AND 887 CLOSE FOR HIGH WATER AND MUD SLIDES.

$$

CARICO

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KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-231945-

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
335 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

VARIABLE CLOUDINESS...WITH AREAS OF PATCHY FOG...WAS PRESENT ACROSS
EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURE READINGS AT 7 AM RANGED
FROM THE UPPER 50S IN THE VALLEYS TO THE MID 60S ON THE RIDGES. THE
TYPICAL LOW FOR THIS DAY IN MAY IS IN THE MID 50S.

BY MID AFTERNOON...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN POPPING UP
ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURE
READINGS WERE GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S...WHICH IS
UNSEASONABLY WARM...WHEN THE TYPICAL HIGH FOR TODAY IS IN THE MID
70S.

A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY TRACK FROM
THE PLAINS INTO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT...BRINGING ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME
OF THE STORMS THIS EVENING COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS
BEING THE MAIN THREAT. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50S AND HIGHS ON THURSDAY WILL BE
IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 2001...LIGHTNING STRUCK THE TOP
OF THE HOGG BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON IN BREATHITT COUNTY...
CAUSING A LARGE SECTION OF THE STONEWORK AND BRICKS TO FALL. THE
DEBRIS FELL ON TOP OF AN AWNING...CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE AND BLOCK
THE ENTRANCE TO A RESTAURANT.

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KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-221945-

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
334 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...ALONG WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG...WERE
PRESENT ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURE READINGS AT
7 AM GENERALLY RANGED FROM THE LOWER 60S IN SHELTERED VALLEY
LOCATIONS TO THE UPPER 60S ON THE RIDGES. WEST LIBERTY IN MORGAN
COUNTY REPORTED 57 DEGREES AND BOONEVILLE IN OWSLEY COUNTY REPORTED
59 DEGREES. THE NORMAL LOW FOR THIS DAY IN MAY IS IN THE MID 50S.

BY MID AFTERNOON...THE COALFIELDS WERE UNDER PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES. THE MERCURY CLIMBED INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S AT MOST
LOCATIONS...WHICH REMAINS UNSEASONABLY WARM FOR TODAY. THE TYPICAL
HIGH FOR TODAY IS IN THE MID 70S.

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TODAY.
THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. A SLOW MOVING UPPER
LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY TRACK FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE
UPPER OHIO VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY...BRINGING CHANCES FOR MORE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO END THE WEEK. LOWS
TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE
IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1990...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED
SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SPAWNED FIVE
TORNADOES...INCLUDING ONE WHICH INJURED A PERSON IN RICHMOND
KENTUCKY. IN MONTGOMERY AND BATH COUNTIES...NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME CAUSING AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS TO
COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. NEARLY 8 FEET OF WATER WAS REPORTED OVER
SOME ROADS IN STEPSTONE. IN BATH COUNTY...COWS WERE SWEPT AWAY BY
FLOOD WATER NEAR SALTWELL.

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