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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 6, 2008, 5:42 AM EST for Elliott County, Morgan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 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
- Feb 6, 2008, 5:42 AM EST (10:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 6:15 AM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Elliott County, KY, Morgan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 12:41 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 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 Feb 6, 5:25 AM EST, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 5:25 AM EST, 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 2:48 AM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 248 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>086-104-106>109-111-112- 114-116-061200- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-ELLIOTT-MORGAN- JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE-BREATHITT-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...SANDY HOOK... WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...BEATTYVILLE... JACKSON...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 248 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 ...TORNADO WATCH 42 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IN ADDITION...WINDS OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL GUST UP TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LATE TONIGHT WEST OF HIGHWAY 23...WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS...BRINGING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS NEAR BANK FULL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE PASSING THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...ACCOMPANIED BY A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS IN THE MORNING...WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 23. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE UP TO 55 MPH AT TIMES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. THIS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS...BRINGING STREAMS AND CREEKS NEAR BANK FULL. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ON MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING...OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. KYZ087-088-110-113-115-117>120-061200- BELL-HARLAN-FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN... PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ... PIKEVILLE 248 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 45 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. IN ADDITION...WINDS OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL GUST UP TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LATE TONIGHT WEST OF HIGHWAY 23...WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS...BRINGING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS NEAR BANK FULL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE PASSING THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...ACCOMPANIED BY A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS IN THE MORNING...WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 23. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE UP TO 55 MPH AT TIMES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. THIS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS...BRINGING STREAMS AND CREEKS NEAR BANK FULL. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ON MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING...OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. GEOGERIAN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 6, 4:59 AM EST, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
459 AM EST WED FEB 06 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0313 AM TSTM WND DMG PAINTSVILLE 37.82N 82.81W
02/06/2008 JOHNSON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
A TRAMPOLINE WAS BLOWN ONTO KY 581 IN PAINTSVILLE.
ALSO...LARGE TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
&&
SCHOETTMERSpecial weather statement, Feb 6, 5:01 AM EST, 41 minutes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 12:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 12:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 12:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 1:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 7 more | 53 min |
| Feb 6, 1:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 60 min |
| Feb 6, 1:41 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Fleming | 49 min |
| Feb 6, 1:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 45 min |
| Feb 6, 1:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 50 min |
| Feb 6, 2:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 2:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Breathitt, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Floyd and 12 more | 59 min |
| Feb 6, 2:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott, Menifee, Morgan | 40 min |
| Feb 6, 2:32 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott | 13 min |
| Feb 6, 2:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Johnson | 20 min |
| Feb 6, 3:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 2 more | 49 min |
| Feb 6, 3:49 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 31 min |
| Feb 6, 4:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Powell | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie, Perry | 25 min |
| Feb 6, 6:52 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 44 min |
| Feb 6, 7:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 42 min |
| Feb 6, 7:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Letcher, Pike | 41 min |
| Feb 6, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 2:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 22 min |
| Feb 6, 3:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson | 26 min |
| Feb 6, 3:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Martin | 32 min |
| Feb 6, 4:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Martin, Perry, Pike | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 4:41 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 12 hr |
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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.