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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS Jackson, KY

July 30, 20085 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2008, 12:46 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 44 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 30, 2008, 12:46 PM EDT (16:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2008, 1:30 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Breathitt County, KY, Lee County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 30, 10:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 10:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 4:43 AM EDT, 8 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 11:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 12:17 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 12:27 PM EDT, 19 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 30, 11:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe	40 min
Jul 30, 1:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Knott, Letcher, Perry	3 hr
Jul 30, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry, Pike	50 min
Jul 30, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel	41 min
Jul 30, 3:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Knox, Whitley	4 hr
Jul 30, 4:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	3 hr
Jul 30, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	56 min
Jul 30, 4:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	3 hr
Jul 30, 4:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	2 hr
Jul 30, 4:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	111 min
Jul 30, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley	63 min
Jul 30, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	25 min
Jul 30, 5:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	3 hr
Jul 30, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.