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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

April 26, 2007Pulaski County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2007, 6:20 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2007, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2007, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pulaski County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 26, 4:18 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2007-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2007-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KJKL 262220
SVRJKL
KYC199-262245-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0021.070426T2220Z-070426T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
620 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 617 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF NAOMI...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NAOMI AND FAUBUSH BY 625 PM EDT...
  NANCY AND TRIMBLE BY 630 PM EDT...
  PULASKI COUNTY PARK...SOMERSET PULASKI AIRPORT...POINTER AND STAB
  BY 635 PM EDT...
  SOMERSET AND HOGUE BY 640 PM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3699 8482 3700 8486 3705 8492 3712 8493
      3725 8472 3735 8457 3734 8453 3722 8438
      3697 8474 3696 8478

$$

JACOBSON
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KJKL 262229
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
629 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

KYC199-262245-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070426T2245Z/
PULASKI KY-
629 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR PULASKI COUNTY...

AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CAINS STORE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOGUE BY 635 PM EDT...
  EUBANK...PULASKI AND SCIENCE HILL BY 640 PM EDT...
  WOODSTOCK...BOBTOWN...6 MILES WEST OF BANDY AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF DABNEY BY 645 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3699 8482 3700 8486 3705 8492 3712 8493
      3725 8472 3735 8457 3734 8453 3722 8438
      3697 8474 3696 8478

$$

RAY
000 
WWUS53 KJKL 262244
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
644 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

KYC199-262250-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070426T2245Z/
PULASKI KY-
644 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PULASKI COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 
645 PM EDT...

THE STORM THAT WARRANTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER 
POSES ANY PROBLEMS. 

LAT...LON 3699 8482 3700 8486 3705 8492 3712 8493
      3725 8472 3735 8457 3734 8453 3722 8438
      3697 8474 3696 8478

$$

RAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath34 min
Apr 26, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming37 min
Apr 26, 7:44 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBath, Fleming31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.