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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
405 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013

A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN KENTUCKY RECEIVED RAINFALL FROM YESTERDAYS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL NEAR FRENCHBURG
EAST ACROSS NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY. ONE AND A HALF TO ONE AND THREE
QUARTER INCHES FELL IN SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS WITH ONE INCH AMOUNTS
COMMON IN THAT SWATH. ELSEWHERE...HALF INCH AMOUNTS WERE COMMON WITH
SOME AREAS REMAINING DRY OR WITH LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF
RAINFALL. MORNING LOWS WERE NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS WITH MID 60S BEING
REPORTED. SKIES WERE ON THE CLOUDY SIDE THIS MORNING HELPING TO KEEP
FOG TO A MINIMUM. BY NOONTIME TEMPERATURES HAD RISEN INTO THE UPPER
70S TO NEAR 80 DEGREES. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THE MERCURY PEAKED
IN THE LOWER 80S...WHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO POP
UP AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE COALFIELDS.

A SLOW MOVING WEAK COLD FRONT CURRENTLY STRETCHED ACROSS
OHIO...INDIANA...AND ILLINOIS WILL GRADUALLY SAG TO THE SOUTH. THE
COLD FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO EAST KENTUCKY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
THE FRONT WILL LINGER IN THE AREA AND KEEP A CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF
RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
FORMS ON THE FRONT AND PASSES JUST TO SOUTH OF THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST
RAIN OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. THE NEXT COUPLE
OF MORNINGS WILL BE MILD WITH LOWS IN THE MID 60S. DAYTIME HIGHS WILL
REACH THE UPPER 70S ON TUESDAY.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 2003...SIX DAYS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL...FROM THE 14TH THROUGH THE 19TH...PLACED MANY AREAS IN
FLASH FLOODING AND FLOODING SITUATIONS. HAZARD HAD RECEIVED 7.71
INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE 6 DAY PERIOD. BARBOURVILLE ALSO REPORTED
A 6 DAY CATCH OF 7.12 INCHES. THE ENTIRE AREA FROM LAUREL COUNTY EAST
TO PIKE RECEIVED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THIS PERIOD. MANY ROAD
WERE IMPASSIBLE ON THE 17TH OF JUNE. WATER WAS FLOWING ACROSS MANY
ROAD REMOVING TREES AND POWER LINES.

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