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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
215 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

A RAINY OVERNIGHT LED TO FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY. A
FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR PERRY AND LESLIE COUNTIES AROUND 2 AM
THIS MORNING...WHEN RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWED THE POSSIBILITY OF 2 TO 4
INCHES OF RAINFALL. FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG THE BIG CREEK ROAD
AREA AND AROUND AVAWAM...FREW...AND WOOTEN. THE HAZARD WATER PLANT
REPORTED A 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL OF 2.0 INCHES THIS MORNING.
MONTICELLO ALSO REPORTED A DECENT CATCH OF 1.52 INCHES FOLLOWED BY
1.22 INCHES AT KINGDOM COME STATE PARK. THANKFULLY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS
VERY ISOLATED...WITH A LARGE POTION OF THE COALFIELDS RECEIVING
BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.
MORNING TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR SEASON NORMALS AND IN THE LOWER AND
MIDDLE 60S. STEADY RAIN TODAY HAS KEPT TEMPERATURES NEARLY STEADY
AND BY NOONTIME READINGS WERE IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S.

EAST KENTUCKY REMAINS SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO WEAK COLD FRONTS. THE
ONE TO OUR SOUTH HAS A LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE KENTUCKY AND
TENNESSEE BORDER. THIS LOW HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NEARLY STEADY
RAIN WE EXPERIENCED TODAY. THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS GRADUALLY
WORKING ITS WAY OFF TO THE EAST AND WILL BE IN THE VIRGINIA`S BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE OTHER FRONT NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER IS
EXPECTED TO SLIP SOUTH TONIGHT AND MOVE THROUGH EAST KENTUCKY DURING
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH
AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING HOURS HOWEVER THE NORTHERN FRONT WILL
KEEP THE WEATHER UNSETTLED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE REMAINS A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
WEDNESDAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL ALSO LOWER TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY. LOWS
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MORNING WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOW 60S.
DAYTIME HIGHS WILL REACH THE UPPER 70S WEDNESDAY AND CLIMB INTO THE
LOW 80S ON THURSDAY. A FEW MOSTLY DRY DAYS ARE EXPECTED AS WELL.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1994...EAST KENTUCKY WAS IN THE
MIDDLE OF A HEAT WAVE. FROM THE 16TH THROUGH THE 20TH OF JUNE THE
JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE RECORDED 4 NEW DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES. THE
MERCURY ROSE TO 90 AND 91 DEGREE RECEPTIVELY ON THE 16TH AND 17TH. ON
THE 19TH AND 20TH NEW RECORDS OF 93 AND 94 DEGREES WERE RECORDED. THE
LONDON AIRPORT ALSO RECORDED 4 NEW RECORD HIGH FROM THE 18TH THROUGH
THE 21ST. ON THE 18TH...92 DEGREES SET A NEW RECORD, 93 DEGREES SET
NEW RECORDS ON THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND ON THE 21ST LONDON REACHED A
SCORCHING 97 DEGREES.

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DBS
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
