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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2008, 9:24 PM EDT for Martin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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
- Jul 6, 2008, 9:24 PM EDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2008, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Martin County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 274 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Jul 6, 7:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 7:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 4:36 PM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 436 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-071100- 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- 436 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. A COUPLE OF THESE MAY BE STRONG...CONTAINING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GEOGERIAN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:43 PM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 343 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 KYZ085-087-062045- WHITLEY-BELL- 343 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WHITLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN BELL COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... AT 343 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAXTON... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR LOT AROUND 355 PM EDT...PACKARD AROUND 400 PM EDT...POLLY CAMP AROUND 405 PM EDT...GATLIFF AROUND 415 PM EDT...AND CARPENTER AROUND 430 PM EDT. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. THE RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LEAD TO QUICK RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAM. CAUTION IS URGED IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. GREIF
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 510 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 KYZ120-062145- PIKE- 510 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT EAST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... AT 510 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE PHELPS AREA...MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 5 MPH. OTHER AREAS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE MAJESTIC AROUND 540 PM EDT...WOODMAN AROUND 545 PM EDT. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 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. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. RAY
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 514 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 KYZ115-062145- PERRY- 514 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... AT 514 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DIABLOCK...OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE HAZARD AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 3 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES 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 THESE THUNDERSTORMS. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER THEN LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE A HAZARD. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. RAY
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Martin | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell | 17 min |
| Jul 7, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 30 min |
| Jul 7, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Whitley | 37 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.