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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Jackson, KY

December 16, 200733 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this wind advisory at Dec 16, 2007, 9:41 AM EST for 33 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 16, 2007, 9:41 AM EST (14:41 UTC)
Expired
Dec 16, 2007, 3:00 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
All 33 counties

Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2007-12-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2007-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -92 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
629 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-76 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 
WWUS73 KJKL 161441
NPWJKL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
941 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007

...STRONG SUSTAINED AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS AFTERNOON...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR TOLEDO WILL BRING STRONG SUSTAINED AND
GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-170000-
/O.NEW.KJKL.WI.Y.0002.071216T1441Z-071217T0000Z/
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
941 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER OHIO WILL BRING STRONG WESTERLY
WINDS TO THE REGION TODAY. SUSTAINED WIND WILL BE 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH
PEAK GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET MAY SEE WIND
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

WINDS GUSTS THIS STRONG WILL CAUSE BRANCHES AND OTHER DEBRIS TO BLOW
INTO ROADWAYS. THE STRONG GUSTS...IN COMBINATION WITH SNOW
SHOWERS...MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND
GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

$$

JJ
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KJKL 162000
NPWJKL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
300 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-162100-
/O.CAN.KJKL.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071217T0000Z/
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
300 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES DURING THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING FURTHER DURING THE
EVENING HOURS.

$$

ABE

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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.