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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2008, 8:43 PM EDT for Clay County, Leslie County, Perry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 9, 2008, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2008, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Perry County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 736 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 9, 8:34 PM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 8:34 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 703 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 KYZ080-085-086-092330- LAUREL-WHITLEY-KNOX- 703 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN LAUREL AND NORTHWESTERN KNOX AND NORTH CENTRAL WHITLEY COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING... AT 703 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODBINE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MOORE HILL AROUND 710 PM EDT...SILER AROUND 715 PM EDT...GRAY AROUND 720 PM EDT...LYNN CAMP AROUND 725 PM EDT... TUTTLE AROUND 730 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS UP 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. SCHOETTMER
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 726 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 KYZ086-087-116-117-100000- CLAY-LESLIE-KNOX-BELL- 726 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CLAY AND WEST CENTRAL LESLIE AND KNOX AND NORTH CENTRAL BELL COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING... AT 726 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KING TO AVIS TO FIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR DISHMAN SPRINGS AROUND 735 PM EDT... BARBOURVILLE AROUND 740 PM EDT...HEIDRICK AROUND 745 PM EDT...CANNON AROUND 750 PM EDT...GIRDLER AROUND 755 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER THEN LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE A HAZARD. SCHOETTMER
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:07 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 807 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 KYZ086-114>117-100030- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-KNOX- 807 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN OWSLEY AND NORTHERN PERRY AND CLAY AND LESLIE AND NORTH CENTRAL KNOX COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING... AT 807 PM EDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SASSER TO MARCUM TO STINNETT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR PIGEONROOST AROUND 815 PM EDT...HOOKER AROUND 820 PM EDT...DRYHILL AROUND 825 PM EDT...SPURLOCK AROUND 830 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 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. PELTON
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:38 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 838 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 KYZ115>117-100115- PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE- 838 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN PERRY AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY AND LESLIE COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING... AT 838 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRING CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR HOSEA AROUND 845 PM EDT...THOUSANDSTICKS AND HYDEN AROUND 850 PM EDT...DRYHILL AROUND 855 PM EDT...MOSLEY BEND AROUND 900 PM EDT...LAMONT AROUND 905 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 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 PELTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 12:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 28 min |
| Jun 10, 12:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox | 23 min |
| Jun 10, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, Whitley | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Lee, Owsley, Perry | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 12:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 1:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin, Wolfe | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 1:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 1:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 1:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel | 34 min |
| Jun 10, 1:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 2:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 2:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 2:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan | 26 min |
| Jun 10, 2:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Lee, Owsley | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 2:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Owsley, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Menifee and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.