Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2007, 8:49 PM EDT for Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 min. 5 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
- Apr 3, 2007, 8:49 PM EDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2007, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wayne County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:03 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Nnw Monticello, KY | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER. |
| Apr 3, 9:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Monticello, KY | PENNY SIZE HAIL IN MONTICELLO. |
| Apr 3, 9:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Monticello, KY | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
| Apr 3, 9:07 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Monticello, KY | NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED. |
| Apr 3, 9:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Monticello, KY | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 14 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 3, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KJKL 040049 SVRJKL KYC231-040130- /O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0008.070404T0049Z-070404T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 849 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTICELLO... * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 846 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARNELL...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... STEUBENVILLE...BETSEY AND MILL SPRINGS BY 855 PM EDT... GREGORY...DELTA...KIDDER AND 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF COOPERSVILLE BY 900 PM EDT... DENNEY...RITNER AND KIDDS CROSSING BY 905 PM EDT... 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3704 8494 3658 8513 3661 8475 3690 8454 $$ GREIF
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KJKL 040120 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 919 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007 KYC231-040130- /O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070404T0130Z/ WAYNE KY- 919 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR WAYNE COUNTY... AT 913 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED 4 MILES NNW OF MONTICELLO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF DELTA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF WHITLEY CITY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3704 8494 3658 8513 3661 8475 3690 8454 $$ JACOBSON
000 WWUS53 KJKL 040136 RRA SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 936 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007 KYC231-040146- /O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070404T0130Z/ WAYNE KY- 936 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 930 PM EDT... THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. LIGHTNING AND THUNDER WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 10:00 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3704 8494 3658 8513 3661 8475 3690 8454 $$ JACOBSON
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 Apr 3, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 735 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007 .SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/ THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND INITIALED WELL. AT 5 PM...A LOW WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE MICHIGAN WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A SQUALL LING EXTENDED FROM NEAR MUNCIE INDIANA TO SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA TO SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI. THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT SQUALL LINE WITH LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF LIGHTNING STRIKES BEING REPORTED. ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN PLACE OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY EXCEPT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THE 18 GMT NAM MODEL RUN CAME IN AND IS NOT QUITE AS UNSTABLE AS THE 12 GMT RUN. THE 18 GMT RUN HAD A MID LEVEL CAP THAT HAD DEVELOPED AND AS SUCH...THE INSTABILITY IS NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS THE 12 GMT RUN. I AM ALWAYS A BIT SKEPTICAL OF THE OFF TIME RUNS...SO WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THE SYSTEMS HOLDS TOGETHER AS IT MOVES INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY. USING EXTRAPOLATION...THE SQUALL LINE WILL BE MOVING INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN 9 TO 10 PM THIS EVENING. SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM OUT AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE BEFORE THIS TIME. IF THEY DO...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE HAIL TO DEVELOP DUE TO THE FAVORABLE WIND SHEAR PROFILE AND FREEZING LEVEL. THE COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN 1 TO 2 AM THIS MORNING AND WILL MOVE TO EAST OF PIKE COUNTY BY 8 AM THIS MORNING. THE WEATHER BETWEEN THE SQUALL LINE AND THE FRONT WILL BE MOSTLY SHOWERS...HOWEVER THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THIS IS A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA AND THERE WILL BE VERY COLD AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM. THERE WILL BE SOME FREEZING TEMPERATURES TEMPERATURE BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS. THE TEMPERATURE FORECASTS WERE MOSTLY A BLEND OF THE ETA AND GFS MOS. .LONG TERM.../FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/ THE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT...HOWEVER THE ECMWF IS QUICKER TO MOVE THE PATTERN TO BE MORE ZONAL EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE NAM KEEPS A STRONG UPPER TROUGH TO THE EAST AND AS SUCH THERE WILL BE DRY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW PREDOMINATING OVER THE AREA. ALL THE SHORT WAVES IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL PASS MOSTLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA AND THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIMITED TO WEST VIRGINIA. STAYED PRETTY CLOSE TO THE EXTENDED GFS MOS FOR THE TEMPERATURE FORECASTS. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. && .AVIATION.../00Z TO 24Z/...UPDATED MAIN AVIATION CONCERNS WILL...OF COURSE...BE THE IMMEDIATE CONCERN OF SEVERE WEATHER RACING THROUGH THE TAF SITES OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 4 HOURS. FOLLOWING THAT...WILL BE DEALING WITH THE COLD POOL RAINS AND MVFR TO VFR VIS AND CIGS. VRF CONDITIONS PREVAIL FROM 10Z ON THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD. EXPECT NEAR SVR TO SVR WIND GUSTS...MAINLY FROM THE NORTH... AT THE SITES WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS. MODERATELY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS FOLLOW THE INITIAL SQUALL LINE BEFORE SWITCHING MORE TO THE NORTHWEST FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONT IN THE HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE NORTHWEST WINDS THEN SETTLE DOWN BEFORE BECOMING SOMEWHAT GUSTY AGAIN DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JJ LONG TERM....JJ AVIATION...GREIF
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 6:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 620 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-050130- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE... CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 620 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 115 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM 8 PM IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE AREA THEN PROGRESSING SOUTHEAST DURING THE LATE EVENING REACHING FAR EAST KENTUCKY TOWARDS MIDNIGHT EDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING ON THURSDAY MORNING...WITH FROST A LIKELIHOOD. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF HARD FREEZE EACH MORNING FROM FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. CURRENTLY...THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE SPECIFICS OF THIS FORECAST...AS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE TEMPERATURES WILL FALL AT NIGHT DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER...THE PROBABILITY OF A FREEZE ON ONE OR PERHAPS ALL OF THESE MORNINGS IS RELATIVELY HIGH. IN GENERAL...THE VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL BE MOST PRONE TO LOW TEMPERATURES FALLING WELL INTO THE 20S ON FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY WITH REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER. AR/GREIF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 8:35 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 835 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007 KYZ052-040115- ROWAN- 835 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT ROWAN COUNTY THROUGH 915 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING... AT 835 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALTZ TO 5 MILES WEST OF RAMEY TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARMERS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR WALTZ AROUND 840 PM EDT...TRIPLETT AROUND 845 PM EDT...PELFREY AROUND 850 PM EDT...VALE AROUND 855 PM EDT...WAGNER STORE AROUND 900 PM EDT. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. A GUST FRONT WILL MOVE OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...LEADING THE MAIN LINE BY AS MUCH AS 15 TO 20 MINUTES. WINDS WITH THE INITIAL GUST FRONT COULD BE AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. RAY
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 8:38 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 838 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007 KYZ083-040130- WAYNE- 838 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING... AT 838 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR COOPER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR GREGORY AROUND 845 PM EDT...DENNEY AROUND 850 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. GREIF
Local storm report, Apr 3, 8:42 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
842 PM EDT TUE APR 03 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT STERLING 38.06N 83.95W
04/03/2007 MONTGOMERY KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
&&
WJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Powell | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee, Wolfe | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 8:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski | 66 min |
| Apr 3, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Owsley, Rockcastle | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 9:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Whitley | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 9:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 9:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Whitley | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 9:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Leslie | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 4:25 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 30 hr |
Nearby
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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.