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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Jackson, KY

July 28, 2006Letcher County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2006, 2:52 PM EDT for Letcher County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2006, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2006, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Letcher County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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 Jul 28, 10:52 AM EDT, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 10:52 AM EDT, 4 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 5:25 AM EDT, 9 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
525 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-291230-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
525 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...POSSIBLY LEADING TO URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...GENERALLY
FAVORING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE ACROSS THE
AREA NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON HIGHS EACH DAY MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ARE
EXPECTED TO TOP OUT AROUND 90 DEGREES. HIGH HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
MAKE THOSE TEMPERATURES FEEL 5 TO 10 DEGREES WARMER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY INCIDENTS
OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

ABE/GREIF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:25 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
225 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

KYZ088-117-281900-
LESLIE-HARLAN-
225 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN LESLIE AND
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL HARLAN COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

AT 223 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NAPIER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR BIG FORK AROUND 230 PM EDT...AND BIG ROCK
AROUND 235 PM EDT. THIS STORM WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF BIG LAUREL IN
HARLAN COUNTY.

RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45
MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS.

DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER THEN LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE A HAZARD.

RAY
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:40 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
240 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

KYZ118-281915-
LETCHER-
240 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT LETCHER COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM EDT
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

AT 239 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROXANA...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR BELLCRAFT AROUND 245 PM EDT...SOUTHDOWN
AROUND 250 PM EDT...THORNTON AROUND 255 PM EDT...FISHPOND LAKE AROUND
300 PM EDT...JENKINS AROUND 305 PM EDT.

RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50
MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS THROUGH 315
PM.

DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER THEN LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE A HAZARD.

RAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell45 min
Jul 28, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike65 min
Jul 28, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLeslie45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.