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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Jackson, KY

June 16, 2008Leslie County, Perry County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 4:06 PM EDT for Leslie County, Perry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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 16, 2008, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2008, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Leslie County, KY, Perry County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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
Jun 16, 9:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 255 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 2008-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 413 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2008-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
413 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1343 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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 16, 3:11 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 3:11 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 5:00 AM EDT, 11 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
500 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-171100-
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-
500 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AS A
COLD FRONT APPROACHES EASTERN KENTUCKY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS THE
ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF HAIL OR DAMAGING
WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON.

RAY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1216 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

KYZ052-104-161700-
ROWAN-ELLIOTT-
1216 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL ROWAN AND ELLIOTT COUNTIES
THROUGH 100 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON...

AT 1216 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKEVIEW
HEIGHTS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR VALE AROUND 1225 PM EDT...ELLIOTTVILLE AROUND
1230 PM EDT...STARK AROUND 1240 PM EDT...BRUIN AROUND 1245 PM EDT.
THE STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT MONDAY
AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

SBH
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:00 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming38 min
Jun 16, 9:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming, Rowan37 min
Jun 16, 9:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLFleming3 hr
Jun 16, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Rowan33 min
Jun 16, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott25 min
Jun 16, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Magoffin35 min
Jun 16, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Martin, Pike29 min
Jun 16, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski39 min
Jun 16, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Pike46 min
Jun 16, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin10 min
Jun 16, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Magoffin, Pike39 min
Jun 16, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Powell34 min
Jun 16, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnott27 min
Jun 16, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWhitley27 min
Jun 16, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLetcher19 min
Jun 16, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott33 min
Jun 16, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Lee, Owsley34 min
Jun 16, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Owsley24 min
Jun 16, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike27 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.