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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
458 AM EDT THU APR 3 2008

CLOUDS STARTED POURING INTO THE AREA LAST NIGHT AS A WARM FRONT WAS
FAST APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. THESE CLOUDS HELPED TO KEEP
TEMPERATURES FAIRLY MILD LAST NIGHT WITH MOST 4 AM READINGS BETWEEN
45 TO 50 DEGREES.

A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH INTO KENTUCKY TODAY...REACHING THE OHIO
RIVER LATE TONIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG
THE FRONT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF
THE FRONT...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL PASS BY TO OUR NORTH...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH
KENTUCKY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE RANGE MOSTLY
FROM 60 TO 65 AND THEN WILL BE 5 DEGREES WARMER ON FRIDAY.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1987...SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY WAS IN
THE MIDST OF ONE OF THE ALL TIME HEAVIEST SNOWFALLS TO HIT AREA...SETTING
RECORDS FOR SNOWFALL THROUGH APRIL 5TH. LIGHT SNOW BEGAN FALLING
MIDDAY ON APRIL 2ND 1987...WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES ACCUMULATING ALONG
THE KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA BORDER. BY DAWN ON THE 3RD...FOUR INCHES OF
SNOW BLANKETED THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN REGION OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY.
BY THE EVENING OF THE 3RD... SNOW TOTALS RANGED FROM SEVEN INCHES IN
JACKSON TO MORE THAN EIGHTEEN INCHES IN THE COUNTIES ALONG THE
VIRGINIA BORDER. IN THE CUMBERLAND GAP AREA...THE SNOW WAS MEASURED
AT 60 INCHES...OR 5 FEET. THE HEAVY WET SNOW BROKE MANY POWER
LINES...RESULTING IN MORE THAN 18 THOUSAND RESIDENTS WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY. ROADS WERE VERY HAZARDOUS AND EVEN IMPASSABLE IN SOME
AREAS DUE TO DOWNED TREES. A SECOND SURGE OF SNOW STARTED ON APRIL
4TH...AND BY THE 5TH...MOST OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY WAS BURIED UNDER
ONE TO THREE FEET OF SNOW. GUSTY WINDS PRODUCED DRIFTS AS HIGH AS TEN
FEET HIGH IN LETCHER COUNTY.

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JJ