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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 10, 2008, 7:10 PM EST for Bell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 50 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 10, 2008, 7:10 PM EST (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Bell County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 449 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
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 Jan 10, 6:59 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 6:59 PM EST, 11 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 520 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>085-104-106-108-111-114- 120130- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE- LEE-OWSLEY- 520 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION. THERE IS A REMOTE POSSIBILITY FOR A TORNADO TO FORM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER SHOWERS AND ANY THUNDERSTORMS...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME ISOLATED FLOODING PROBLEMS. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER AREAS PRONE TO MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND DAWN ON SUNDAY...THEN AGAIN FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS PERIOD...IF ANY...SHOULD BE LIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY STRONG WINDS...OR DAMAGE FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. KYZ086>088-107-109-110-112-113-115>120-120130- KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-PERRY-CLAY- LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- 520 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER SHOWERS AND ANY THUNDERSTORMS...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME ISOLATED FLOODING PROBLEMS. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER AREAS PRONE TO MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND DAWN ON SUNDAY...THEN AGAIN FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS PERIOD...IF ANY...SHOULD BE LIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY STRONG WINDS...OR DAMAGE FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAY/JJ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 10, 5:47 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 547 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 KYZ068-069-079-080-083>085-102315- ROCKCASTLE-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-WHITLEY-MCCREARY-JACKSON- 547 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT SOUTHERN JACKSON AND ROCKCASTLE AND PULASKI AND LAUREL AND EASTERN WAYNE AND WESTERN WHITLEY AND MCCREARY COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING... AT 547 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEE LICK TO BANDY TO DABNEY... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. WJM
Special weather statement, Jan 10, 5:47 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 547 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 KYZ068-102315- ROCKCASTLE- 547 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT ROCKCASTLE COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING... AT 547 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEE LICK TO BANDY TO DABNEY... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. WJM
Special weather statement, Jan 10, 6:24 PM EST, 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 9:33 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Rowan | 7 days |
| Jan 10, 10:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 23 min |
| Jan 10, 10:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rockcastle | 36 min |
| Jan 10, 11:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 45 min |
| Jan 10, 11:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Powell | 28 min |
| Jan 10, 11:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson | 28 min |
| Jan 10, 11:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 24 min |
| Jan 11, 12:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Morgan | 35 min |
| Jan 11, 12:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott | 34 min |
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.