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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

March 9, 2006Estill County, Jackson County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2006, 8:36 PM EST for Estill County, Jackson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2006, 8:36 PM EST (01:36 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2006, 9:15 PM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Estill County, KY, Jackson County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 9, 8:50 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Mckee, KY	PINE TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE.
Mar 9, 8:50 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Irvine, KY	SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. LOCATIONS INCLUDE ALONG REDLICK ROAD...THE DRY RIDGE AREA...AND NEAR PATSEY.
Mar 9, 8:50 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Irvine, KY	1 TREE DOWN ON REDLICK ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 9, 6:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 393 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 411 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KJKL 100137 RRA
SVRJKL
KYC065-109-100215-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0021.060310T0136Z-060310T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
836 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY
HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ESTILL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 915 PM EST

* AT 833 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE           
  EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF BLACKBURN TO 6 MILES WEST OF LOAM   
  TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOAM...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7   
  MILES NORTHEAST OF BEREA TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT VERNON TO   
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  KINGS STATION...RICE STATION...FAINVILLE AND WINSTON BY 845 PM EST
  IRVINE...WEST IRVINE...NORTH IRVINE AND WEEDON BY 850 PM EST
  COW CREEK AND WILLOW TREE BY 855 PM EST

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3781 8408 3741 8416 3727 8403 3734 8383
      3752 8391 3773 8379 3774 8395 3783 8399

$$

RICHEY

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KJKL 100156
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
856 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006

KYC065-109-100215-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060310T0215Z/
ESTILL KY-JACKSON KY-
856 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EST
FOR EASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHEASTERN ESTILL COUNTIES...

AT 852 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WILLOW TREE TO SAND SPRINGS TO
MIDDLEFORK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM IRVINE TO 6 MILES NORTH
OF MCKEE TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCKEE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WELCHBURG...TYNER...SETTLE STORE AND PRIVETT BY 905 PM EST
  ZEKES POINT...MUMMIE...MAULDEN AND HERD BY 910 PM EST

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3753 8401 3735 8410 3727 8403 3734 8383
      3752 8391 3773 8379 3774 8392 3770 8394

$$

JACOBSON

000 
WWUS53 KJKL 100215
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
914 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006

KYC065-109-100224-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060310T0215Z/
ESTILL KY-JACKSON KY-
915 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN JACKSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN ESTILL COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 915 PM EST...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT 
OF THE AREA. THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH STILL EXIST 
UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING.

LAT...LON 3753 8401 3735 8410 3727 8403 3734 8383
      3752 8391 3773 8379 3774 8392 3770 8394

$$

JACOBSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 7:48 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	42 min
Mar 9, 7:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Wayne	33 min
Mar 9, 8:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rockcastle	38 min
Mar 9, 8:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel	39 min
Mar 9, 11:01 PM EST	High Wind Warning	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	117 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.