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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
416 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

MILD CONDITIONS WERE IN PROGRESS ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS
MORNING WITH MOST OF THE REGION UNDER PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES
AND TEMPERATURE READINGS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. A FEW
SHELTERED VALLEY LOCATIONS REPORTED READINGS IN THE UPPER 50S. THESE
READINGS ARE ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS DATE IN MAY WHEN THE TYPICAL LOW
IS IN THE MID 50S. SEVERAL OBSERVERS REPORTED LIGHT FOG. TWENTY FOUR
HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS WERE GENERALLY LIGHT...WITH MOST LOCATIONS
REPORTING LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. HOWEVER...A FEW LOCATIONS IN
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA RECEIVED BETWEEN A HALF AND THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL.

BY MID AFTERNOON...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
ACROSS THE COALFIELDS. SOME OF THESE STORMS PRODUCED DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. TEMPERATURE READINGS REACHED
INTO THE LOWER 80S AT THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE SHORTLY BEFORE 1
PM...BEFORE DROPPING DOWN INTO THE MID 60S AROUND 4 PM. THIS DROP IN
TEMPERATURE WAS DUE TO RAINFALL FROM THE STORMS AND CLOUD COVER. THE
TYPICAL HIGH FOR TODAY IS IN THE MID 70S.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END THIS EVENING....WITH PATCHY DENSE
FOG DEVELOPING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO MONDAY MORNING. LOWS
TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM MONDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...WITH THE
BEST CHANCES OCCURRING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME
MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR AT LOCATIONS THAT SEE
REPEATED ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL BE IN THE
LOWER TO MID 80S.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1991...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IN SEVERAL EASTERN
KENTUCKY COUNTIES...LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING. OVER THREE INCHES OF
RAIN FELL IN PARTS OF LAUREL COUNTY...WHICH LED TO THE FLOODING OF
SEVERAL STREETS...HOMES...AND BUSINESSES IN LONDON. THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE NORTH IN ROCKCASTLE COUNTY DUMPED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN IN MOUNT
VERNON...LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING THAT DAMAGED NUMEROUS HOMES AND
BUSINESSES...AND DESTROYING OVER 200 ACRES OF CORN. IN CLAY
COUNTY...THE HORSE CREEK AND BIG CREEK AREAS REPORTED MORE DAMAGING
FLOODS. SEVERAL STREETS AND ROADS WERE CLOSED IN THE MIDDLESBORO
AREA. HIGH WATER ALSO CAUSED ROAD CLOSURES IN AND NEAR AJAX AND
HARDBURLY IN PERRY COUNTY.

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