Regional Weather Summary
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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
334 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...ALONG WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG...WERE
PRESENT ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURE READINGS AT
7 AM GENERALLY RANGED FROM THE LOWER 60S IN SHELTERED VALLEY
LOCATIONS TO THE UPPER 60S ON THE RIDGES. WEST LIBERTY IN MORGAN
COUNTY REPORTED 57 DEGREES AND BOONEVILLE IN OWSLEY COUNTY REPORTED
59 DEGREES. THE NORMAL LOW FOR THIS DAY IN MAY IS IN THE MID 50S.

BY MID AFTERNOON...THE COALFIELDS WERE UNDER PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES. THE MERCURY CLIMBED INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S AT MOST
LOCATIONS...WHICH REMAINS UNSEASONABLY WARM FOR TODAY. THE TYPICAL
HIGH FOR TODAY IS IN THE MID 70S.

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TODAY.
THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. A SLOW MOVING UPPER
LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY TRACK FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE
UPPER OHIO VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY...BRINGING CHANCES FOR MORE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO END THE WEEK. LOWS
TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE
IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1990...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED
SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SPAWNED FIVE
TORNADOES...INCLUDING ONE WHICH INJURED A PERSON IN RICHMOND
KENTUCKY. IN MONTGOMERY AND BATH COUNTIES...NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME CAUSING AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS TO
COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. NEARLY 8 FEET OF WATER WAS REPORTED OVER
SOME ROADS IN STEPSTONE. IN BATH COUNTY...COWS WERE SWEPT AWAY BY
FLOOD WATER NEAR SALTWELL.

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