Regional Weather Summary
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY

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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
343 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013

PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...AS WELL AS DENSE FOG...WERE PRESENT
ACROSS THE COALFIELDS THIS MORNING. TWENTY FOUR HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS
WERE GENERALLY LIGHT...WITH MOST LOCATIONS REPORTING A TENTH OF AN
INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER...A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF
THE AREA RECEIVED BETWEEN A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO A HALF INCH OF
RAINFALL. TEMPERATURE READINGS AT 7 AM RANGED FROM THE MID 50S IN
SHELTERED VALLEYS TO THE MID 60S ON THE RIDGES. THE TYPICAL LOW FOR
THIS DAY IN MAY IS IN THE MID 50S.

BY MID AFTERNOON...PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES REMAINED IN PLACE.
SHOWERS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE AREA...WHILE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE EXTREME EASTERN
PORTION OF THE AREA. BY 3 PM THE MERCURY HAD CLIMBED INTO THE MID TO
UPPER 70S...WHICH IS NEAR NORMAL FOR THIS DAY IN MAY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION TONIGHT...WITH LOWS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 60S. A SERIES OF
WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL PASS ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH THE
UPCOMING WEEKEND....PRODUCING PERIODIC CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST CHANCES WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS EACH DAY. HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER
70S.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1975...FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FELL
WITHIN A TWO HOUR PERIOD OVER SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY...CAUSING ONE OF
THE WORST FLASH FLOODS THAT AREA HAD EVER SEEN. FLOODING IN THE
ELKHORN AND SHELBY CREEK AREAS CLAIMED TWO LIVES...LEFT HUNDREDS
HOMELESS...AND CAUSED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE.

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