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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Jackson, KY

August 7, 2006Pike County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2006, 3:16 PM EDT for Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 59 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
Aug 7, 2006, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2006, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pike County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 258 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1132 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 7, 11:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 11:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 4:03 AM EDT, 11 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
403 AM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-081100-
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-
403 AM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ONE MORE HOT AND HUMID DAY IS ON THE WAY WITH TEMPERATURES TOPPING
OUT IN THE 90 TO 95 DEGREE RANGE FOR MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. HEAT
INDICES WILL RISE INTO THE 97 TO 102 DEGREE RANGE DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WITH A WARM AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVERHEAD...AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS
POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL THE MAIN
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING AS
A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
AGAIN POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF
A MOUNT VERNON TO MIDDLESBORO LINE...AND THEN OVER THE ENTIRE
OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN REPORTS OF ANY HAIL AND WIND
DAMAGE.

ABE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:57 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
257 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

KYZ108-071930-
WOLFE-
257 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT WOLFE COUNTY
THROUGH 330 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 257 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RED RIVER
GORGE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR RED RIVER GORGE AROUND 305 PM EDT AND HIGH
FALLS AROUND 325 PM EDT.

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN
ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS.

GREIF
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:00 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
300 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

KYZ113-071945-
KNOTT-
300 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT KNOTT COUNTY
THROUGH 345 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 300 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMMALENA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR WISCOAL AROUND 305 PM EDT...HINDMAN AROUND
310 PM EDT...AMBURGEY AROUND 315 PM EDT...BRINKLEY AROUND 320 PM EDT
AND MALLIE AROUND 325 PM EDT.

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN
ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS.

GREIF
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:04 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
304 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

KYZ112-115>117-072000-
BREATHITT-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-
304 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT SOUTHERN BREATHITT...
NORTHERN PERRY...NORTHEASTERN CLAY AND NORTHERN LESLIE COUNTIES
THROUGH 400 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 304 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VALJEAN...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR BUCKHORN AROUND 310 PM EDT...BUCKHORN LAKE
STATE RESORT PARK AROUND 315 PM EDT...GAYS CREEK AROUND 320 PM EDT...
CONFLUENCE AROUND 325 PM EDT AND BARWICK AROUND 330 PM EDT.

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN
ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS.

GREIF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLOwsley35 min
Aug 7, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.