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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 4:18 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
JACOBSON2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KJKL 262229
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
629 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
KYC199-262245-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070426T2245Z/
PULASKI KY-
629 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR PULASKI COUNTY...
AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CAINS STORE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HOGUE BY 635 PM EDT...
EUBANK...PULASKI AND SCIENCE HILL BY 640 PM EDT...
WOODSTOCK...BOBTOWN...6 MILES WEST OF BANDY AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DABNEY BY 645 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 3699 8482 3700 8486 3705 8492 3712 8493
3725 8472 3735 8457 3734 8453 3722 8438
3697 8474 3696 8478
$$
RAY000
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
$$
RAYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.