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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
348 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2008
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVED QUICKLY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT...AFFECTING AN AREA MAINLY
NORTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY AND HIGHWAY 80 CORRIDOR. THE
STRONGEST STORMS CONTAINED FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. AT 4 AM...TEMPERATURES AROUND THE
COALFIELDS WERE IN THE 70S.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY...WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION PERSISTING THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS TODAY COULD BE
STRONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS...SMALL HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL READINGS TODAY...WITH THE EXPECTED SHOWERS AND STORMS COOLING
THINGS OFF A BIT. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER
90S OVER THE WEEKEND. AFTER A BRIEF REPRIEVE FROM PRECIPITATION ON
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS BACK TO EASTERN KENTUCKY FROM SATURDAY THROUGH
NEXT TUESDAY.
ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1977 IN LAUREL COUNTY...THUNDERSTORM
WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH DESTROYED A GARAGE NORTH
OF LONDON. THREE TRUCKS PARKED INSIDE THE GARAGE WERE DAMAGE WHEN THE
STRUCTURE COLLAPSED ONTO THEM.
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