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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2008, 2:43 PM EDT for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 47 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 28, 2008, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2008, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Leslie County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 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
- 2252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
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 Jul 28, 2:00 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:00 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 10:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1030 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2008 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-291730- 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- 1030 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. HEAT INDICES COULD REACH FROM THE MID 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. AR/GREIF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 120 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008 KYZ058-068-069-079-281745- ESTILL-ROCKCASTLE-PULASKI-JACKSON- 120 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN ESTILL AND WESTERN JACKSON AND ROCKCASTLE AND NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON... AT 120 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BOONE TO BEE LICK TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF STAB... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 26 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR ROCKFORD AROUND 125 PM EDT...MORRILL AROUND 130 PM EDT...SHIRLEY AROUND 135 PM EDT...CLOVER BOTTOM AROUND 140 PM EDT...COOKSBURG AROUND 145 PM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING 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
Local storm report, Jul 28, 2:10 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
212 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 PM HEAVY RAIN DRIP ROCK 37.58N 83.97W
07/28/2008 M1.54 INCH JACKSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
MEASURED IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES BY COCORAHS OBSERVER.
&&
JCARICOSpecial weather statement, Jul 28, 2:25 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 225 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008 KYZ112-114>116-281845- BREATHITT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY- 225 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008 ...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN BREATHITT AND OWSLEY AND NORTHWESTERN PERRY AND NORTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON... AT 222 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BOONEVILLE TO RICETOWN TO TRIXIE...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR WHOOPFLAREA AROUND 230 PM EDT...SAUL AROUND 235 PM EDT...CANOE AROUND 240 PM EDT...WOLF COAL AROUND 245 PM EDT. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 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 VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORIST SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION. RAY
Local storm report, Jul 28, 2:28 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
228 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0217 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N SOMERSET 37.13N 84.61W
07/28/2008 PULASKI KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE TREE BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 1247.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Lee, Owsley | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 2:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley and 2 more | 115 min |
| Jul 28, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Owsley, Wolfe | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 2:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 4:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 116 min |
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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.