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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Jackson, KY

May 31, 2006Powell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2006, 5:13 PM EDT for Powell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: May 31, 2006, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2006, 5:57 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Powell County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 31, 4:15 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 4:15 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 4:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
401 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0322 PM     HAIL             ALPINE                  36.92N 84.52W
05/31/2006  E0.75 INCH       PULASKI            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

WJM

Local storm report, May 31, 4:19 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
419 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0338 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S ALPINE              36.91N 84.52W
05/31/2006                   PULASKI            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN

&&

WJM

Local storm report, May 31, 4:32 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
432 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     HAIL             4 W LONDON              37.13N 84.15W
05/31/2006  E0.75 INCH       LAUREL             KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED

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Local storm report, May 31, 4:34 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 5:06 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 5:10 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
510 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WHITLEY CITY            36.72N 84.48W
05/31/2006                   MCCREARY           KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. SOME TREES ARE STILL ON
            POWER LINES. 500 PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT POWER. EVENT OCCURRED
            FROM 310 PM THROUGH 330 PM.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary	37 min
May 31, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	24 min
May 31, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	25 min
May 31, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski	30 min
May 31, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary	24 min
May 31, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel	41 min
May 31, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	50 min
May 31, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rockcastle	48 min
May 31, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Owsley	45 min
May 31, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Wolfe	33 min
May 31, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt	26 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.