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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Jackson, KY

June 26, 2008Pike County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT for Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued
Jun 26, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2008, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Pike County, KY

The radar

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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 26, 2:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 3:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
359 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-271100-
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-
359 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS
WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL
HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...WITH THE BEST
CHANCE OCCURRING FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AS A
COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND SATURDAY NIGHT COULD BE STRONG...CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS...AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT COULD
CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY LEADING TO ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON SATURDAY.

GEOGERIAN/SCHOETTMER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
346 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

KYZ044-262015-
FLEMING-
346 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN FLEMING COUNTY THROUGH
415 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

AT 346 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FLEMINGSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MOUNT CARMEL AROUND 355 PM EDT...FOXPORT
AROUND 400 PM EDT...

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO
ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 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.

DUSTY
Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:58 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:08 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:22 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:26 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLetcher15 min
Jun 26, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLetcher, Pike32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.