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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
418 PM EDT SAT JUN 15 2013

COMMUTERS ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS MORNING EXPERIENCED
TEMPERATURE READINGS GENERALLY IN THE 50S...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS
REACHING INTO THE LOWER 60S. NORMAL LOWS FOR TODAY ARE IN THE LOWER
60S. MOST OF THE AREA WAS UNDER CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH
DENSE FOG. BY MID MORNING...THE FOG HAD DISSIPATED...LEAVING PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES IN PLACE.

BY MID AFTERNOON...THE COALFIELDS REMAINED UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES
WITH ABUNDANT SUNSHINE. THE MERCURY CLIMBED INTO THE UPPER 70S TO
LOWER 80S BY 3 PM. THESE TEMPERATURES ARE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN THE
TYPICAL HIGH IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S FOR TODAY.

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF
I64. THE REST OF THE REGION WILL REMAIN UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A FEW OF THE STORMS ON SUNDAY MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1964...AN F2 TORNADO WITH WIND
SPEEDS OF 111 TO 135 MPH HIT FLEMING COUNTY. THE TORNADO TRAVELED
FOR 11 MILES...CAUSING AROUND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF
DAMAGE AND INJURING ONE PERSON. IN RECENT YEARS..THE FUJITA SCALE
HAS BEEN REVISED TO THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. WIND SPEEDS
ASSOCIATED WITH AN EF2 TORNADO ARE CLASSIFIED IN THE 111 - 135 MPH
RANGE.

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