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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Jackson, KY

July 26, 2007Rowan County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2007, 5:01 PM EDT for Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 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 26, 2007, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2007, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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 26, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 4:08 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 26, 4:14 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:32 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
432 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2007

KYZ044-262115-
FLEMING-
432 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2007

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT WESTERN FLEMING COUNTY THROUGH 515
PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

AT 432 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRVIEW...
MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR COWAN AROUND 445 PM EDT...NEPTON AROUND 500
PM EDT...ELIZAVILLE AROUND 505 PM EDT...CRAINTOWN AROUND 515 PM
EDT...

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP
TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 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.

ABE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath52 min
Jul 26, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath39 min
Jul 26, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRowan39 min
Jul 26, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd25 min
Jul 26, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMorgan42 min
Jul 26, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd33 min
Jul 26, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott36 min
Jul 26, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Martin52 min
Jul 26, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMagoffin, Morgan43 min
Jul 26, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Pike53 min
Jul 26, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin42 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.