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Regional Weather Summary
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY

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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
320 PM EDT WED MAY 15 2013

CLEAR SKIES AND SOME MILD CONDITIONS WERE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE
COAL FIELDS THIS MORNING. 7 AM TEMPERATURES MOSTLY RANGED FROM THE
MIDDLE 50S TO THE MIDDLE 60S. NORMAL LOWS FOR THE MIDDLE OF MAY ARE
IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 50S. ABUNDANT SUNSHINE RAPIDLY PUSHED
READINGS TO AROUND 80 DEGREES BY LUNCHTIME.

SUNNY SKIES WERE ON DISPLAY THIS AFTERNOON AS CONDITIONS WARMED TO
ABOVE SEASONABLE READINGS. MID AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE
LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S...WELL ABOVE TYPICAL HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 70S.
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WERE COMMON THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON
AS WELL. THROUGH 3 PM...THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE HAD A HIGH OF 85
DEGREES...WHICH TIES APRIL 10TH AND APRIL 16TH FOR THE WARMEST DAY
OF THE YEAR.

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL KEEP UNSETTLED WEATHER IN THE REGION FOR A
NUMBER OF DAYS BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. THE BEST
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH THERE IS A CHANCE OF ACTIVE WEATHER EACH DAY
THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS WILL MOSTLY BE IN THE MIDDLE 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES...WITH
LOWS NOT TO FAR FROM 60 DEGREES.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1994...IT WAS A STORMY DAY
ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORMS ROLLED INTO THE COAL
FIELDS...DOWNING TREES WITH STRONG WINDS...AND DROPPING HEAVY
RAINFALL AND HAIL OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED
IN ELLIOTT COUNTY...AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING
ELSEWHERE. HARLAN COUNTY WAS ESPECIALLY HIT HARD WITH FLASH
FLOODING. A MINE POND DAM NEAR EVARTS FAILED...AFFECTING ELEVEN
HOMES AND WASHING OUT SEVERAL BRIDGES. LUCKILY...NO INJURIES WERE

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CARICO