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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 6, 2008, 6:35 AM EST for Clay County, Leslie County, Perry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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, 6:35 AM EST (11:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Perry County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:38 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 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
- 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, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 5:25 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 6:22 AM EST, 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 622 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-071200- 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 622 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN VERY STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MANY LOCATIONS MAY HAVE SNOW SHOWERS AT TIMES ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...AND MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IF FLOODING OR DAMAGING WINDS ARE OBSERVED TODAY. HAL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 6, 5:31 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Feb 6, 5:47 AM EST, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 547 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 KYZ069-080-084>088-114>117-061130- LAUREL-WHITLEY-MCCREARY-JACKSON-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-KNOX-HARLAN- BELL- 547 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY THROUGH 630 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING... AT 547 AM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF CAMP WILDCAT TO HUXLEY TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT MEADOWS CAMPSITES...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. GREIF
Special weather statement, Feb 6, 5:47 AM EST, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 547 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 KYZ069-080-084>088-114>117-061130- LAUREL-WHITLEY-MCCREARY-JACKSON-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-KNOX-HARLAN- BELL- 547 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY THROUGH 630 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING... AT 547 AM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF CAMP WILDCAT TO HUXLEY TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT MEADOWS CAMPSITES...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. GREIF
Special weather statement, Feb 6, 5:51 AM EST, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 551 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 KYZ052-088-104-106>110-112>120-061145- ROWAN-ELLIOTT-JOHNSON-MARTIN-MORGAN-MAGOFFIN-WOLFE-FLOYD-PIKE- BREATHITT-OWSLEY-KNOTT-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-HARLAN- 551 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT FAR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THROUGH 7 AM EST... AT 551 AM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CAMPTON TO LEROSE TO COTTONGIN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. GREIF
Special weather statement, Feb 6, 6:21 AM EST, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 621 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 KYZ085>088-112>118-061215- WHITLEY-BREATHITT-OWSLEY-KNOTT-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-KNOX-HARLAN- BELL- 621 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT FAR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THROUGH 715 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING... AT 621 AM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALGER TO KNOXFORK TO NEAR ZION HILL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR SEBASTIAN AROUND 630 AM EST...MORRIS FORK AROUND 635 AM EST...CROCKETTSVILLE AROUND 640 AM EST...BEECH AROUND 645 AM EST AND BARWICK AROUND 650 AM EST. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. GREIF
Special weather statement, Feb 6, 6:21 AM EST, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 621 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 KYZ085>088-112>118-061215- WHITLEY-BREATHITT-OWSLEY-KNOTT-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-KNOX-HARLAN- BELL- 621 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT FAR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THROUGH 715 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING... AT 621 AM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALGER TO KNOXFORK TO NEAR ZION HILL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR SEBASTIAN AROUND 630 AM EST...MORRIS FORK AROUND 635 AM EST...CROCKETTSVILLE AROUND 640 AM EST...BEECH AROUND 645 AM EST AND BARWICK AROUND 650 AM EST. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. GREIF
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, 5:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan | 33 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 |
Nearby
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.