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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Jackson, KY

January 29, 2008Martin County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 29, 2008, 11:29 PM EST for Martin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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
Jan 29, 2008, 11:29 PM EST (04:29 UTC)
Expired
Jan 30, 2008, 12:15 AM EST
In force
46 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 04:31 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 29, 8:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2008-01-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2008-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 394 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
451 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 Jan 29, 10:58 PM EST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 10:58 PM EST, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 4:52 PM EST, 6 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
452 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-301200-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...
PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...
CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...
HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...
INEZ...PIKEVILLE
452 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

GUSTY WINDS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. WIND
GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...BUT WILL INCREASE AS
THE FRONT PASSES DURING THE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. WIND
GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT AND FOR A COUPLE
HOURS AFTER THE FRONT PASSES. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF
LOCALIZED HIGHER WIND GUSTS IN ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS
ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT...
DROPPING WELL BELOW FREEZING BY DAWN. ANY RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED
TO MIX WITH SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE ENDING DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS. WHILE NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED... ANY MOISTURE LEFT
ON THE ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY FREEZE...CREATING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

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

A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF DAMAGING WINDS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON.

ABE/AR

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 29, 9:19 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
919 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>087-104-106>109-111-112-
114>117-300430-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-ELLIOTT-
MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE-BREATHITT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...
PINEVILLE...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...
SALYERSVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN
919 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 28 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 9:20 PM AND 11:30 PM. DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS ARRIVES. IT SHOULD REACH MONTICELLO AND SOMERSET AROUND 9:40
PM. FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...STANTON...IRVINE...MOREHEAD...AND
LONDON CAN EXPECT HIGH WINDS TO ARRIVE BETWEEN 10 PM AND 10:30 PM.
WEST LIBERTY...SALYERSVILLE...JACKSON...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...AND
MIDDLESBORO CAN EXPECT THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORM WITH HIGH WINDS
TO ARRIVE BETWEEN 10:30 PM AND 11:30 PM.

HAL
Local storm report, Jan 29, 10:45 PM EST, 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 29, 10:53 PM EST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1053 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008

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

0945 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SOMERSET                37.08N 84.61W
01/29/2008                   PULASKI            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

&&

SCHOETTMER
Local storm report, Jan 29, 11:13 PM EST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1113 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008

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

1000 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LIVINGSTON              37.30N 84.22W
01/29/2008                   ROCKCASTLE         KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE TREE DOWN ON HWY 490 EAST OF LIVINGSTON AND ONE TREE
            DOWN ON CALLOWAY BRANCH ROAD.

&&

SCHOETTMER
Local storm report, Jan 29, 11:18 PM EST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1118 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008

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

1000 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WHITLEY CITY            36.72N 84.48W
01/29/2008                   MCCREARY           KY   CO-OP OBSERVER

            NUMEROUS TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

&&

SCHOETTMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 9:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne65 min
Jan 29, 9:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 6 more66 min
Jan 29, 10:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Knox67 min
Jan 29, 10:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary20 min
Jan 29, 10:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Morgan, Wolfe61 min
Jan 29, 10:25 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLRowan8 hr
Jan 29, 10:27 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Owsley33 min
Jan 29, 10:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Magoffin56 min
Jan 29, 10:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWhitley21 min
Jan 29, 10:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRowan18 min
Jan 29, 10:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee14 min
Jan 29, 10:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan, Leslie, Perry56 min
Jan 29, 10:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson47 min
Jan 29, 11:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnott, Letcher63 min
Jan 29, 11:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd61 min
Jan 29, 11:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell14 min
Jan 29, 11:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Magoffin35 min
Jan 29, 11:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike53 min
Jan 29, 11:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan22 min
Jan 30, 12:26 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.