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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Jackson, KY

July 22, 2008Clay County, Jackson County, Owsley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2008, 3:55 PM EDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Owsley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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 22, 2008, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2008, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Owsley County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 22, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 233 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1213 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 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 Jul 22, 3:28 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:28 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 5:45 AM EDT, 10 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
545 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-231100-
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-
545 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT
WORKS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY ACROSS
EXTREME SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME
POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE OR
LARGE HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON.

ABE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:01 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
301 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0253 PM     TSTM WND GST     SOMERSET                37.08N 84.61W
07/22/2008  E70.00 MPH       PULASKI            KY   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            COUNTY EM ESTIMATED WIND GUST UP TO 70 MPH, STRONG ENOUGH
            TO ROCK A LARGE COUNTY TRUCK.

&&

BTERRIZZ

Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:07 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
307 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0307 PM     HAIL             BURNSIDE                36.99N 84.60W
07/22/2008  E0.88 INCH       PULASKI            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY TO NICKEL HAIL REPORTED IN BURNSIDE.

&&

BTERRIZZ

Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:11 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
311 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     HAIL             4 SE SOMERSET           37.04N 84.56W
07/22/2008  E1.00 INCH       PULASKI            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL TO SOUTHEAST OF SOMERSET.

&&

BTERRIZZ

Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:16 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
316 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SOMERSET                37.08N 84.61W
07/22/2008                   PULASKI            KY   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            NUMEROUS TREES ARE REPORTED DOWN COUNTY WIDE BY DISPATCH.

&&

BTERRIZZ

Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:43 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:48 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	58 min
Jul 22, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	54 min
Jul 22, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley	36 min
Jul 22, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	51 min
Jul 22, 3:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle	24 min
Jul 22, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	43 min
Jul 22, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Leslie, Owsley, Perry	45 min
Jul 22, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	28 min
Jul 22, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike	25 min
Jul 22, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Pike	40 min
Jul 22, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike	34 min
Jul 22, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2008 Every 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.