Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 10, 2008, 10:07 PM EST for Fleming County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 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, 10:07 PM EST (03:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 10:30 PM EST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Fleming County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, 8:00 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 8:00 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 800 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 .SHORT TERM.../THE REST OF TONIGHT/...UPDATED WILL BE DROPPING THE TORNADO WATCH A 8 PM EST. SHOWERS AND A FEW LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE CWA FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN THE WATCH AREA HAS ENDED. WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE EASTERN CONVECTION FOR POSSIBLE SVR OR SPS STATEMENTS. WILL UPDATE THE GRIDS AND TEXT PRODUCTS TO REFLECT THIS AS WELL AS FINE TUNE THE POP AND WEATHER FIELDS. UPDATES OUT SHORTLY. A FINAL EVENING UPDATE WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED IN A FEW HOURS WHEN THE BULK OF THE PCPN EXITS THE AREA ENTIRELY. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/ INTERESTING SYNOPTIC SITUATION DEVELOPING. A WARM FRONT/DISCONTINUITY HAS MOVED MOSTLY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA AND CURRENTLY...MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW NORTH AND WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE ACTIVE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY ARE WELL OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS SEEM TO COINCIDE WITH THE MOISTURE AXIS AND 850 JET CORE. THE TIME CROSS SECTION USING THE 12 NAM WAS SHOWING TWO DISTINCT SURGES OF OMEGA COMING ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE 18Z RUN IS NOT AS CLEAR WITH IT. THE FIRST SURGE WILL BE THE 850 JET AXIS AROUND 6-9 PM AND THE SECOND WILL BE THE FRONT MOVING THROUGH NEAR MIDNIGHT. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SEVERE THREATS POTENTIALS WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE FIRST ONE WITH THE 850 JET AXIS WILL BE A HAIL AND WIND THREAT THREAT FROM THE ELEVATED CELLS SPINNING UP IN THE WARM SECTOR. THESE STORM ARE NEAR THE 850 JET AXIS AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR MIXING DOWN THE HIGHER MOMENTUM AIR. THE THREAT WITH THE FRONT WILL BE MOSTLY BE WIND. DUE TO THE TIME OF DAY THESE STORMS ARE COMING INTO THE AREA...EXPECT VERY FEW SEVERE TO OCCUR...HOWEVER THERE WILL BE MANY STORMS JUST UNDER SEVERE CRITERIA. SO THESE STORMS ARE STILL POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. ONCE THE FRONT GOES THROUGH...SOME LOW CLOUDS WILL HANG AROUND TILL FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WILL STAY CLOSE TO MOS FOR TEMPS. .LONG TERM.../SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/ THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE FORECAST PERIOD WILL DEAL WITH PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNT CONCERNING TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS EARLY NEXT WEEK INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AS WAVE AFTER WAVE OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY AFFECTS THE REGION. A BROAD SCALE TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE AREA AT THE START OF THE PERIOD WITH TWO PHASED SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN THE LARGER SCALE SYSTEM. THERE IS SOME MODEL DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ECMWF/GFS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE PHASING...SO MAINTAINED CHANCE POPS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT FOR NOW...HOWEVER EXPECTING AN INCREASE IN POPS FOR THIS TIME PERIOD WITH LATER FORECASTS. PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE THE HARD PART OF THE FORECAST AS TIMING OF RAIN/SNOW CHANGEOVER WILL BE CRUCIAL. RIGHT NOW...WILL GO WITH ALL RAIN STARTING OUT. THEN RAIN WILL MIX WITH SOME SNOW...BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS 1000-850 MB THICKNESSES DROP BELOW 1305 M. EXPECT ALL SNOW THROUGH MONDAY AS HIGH TEMPERATURE WILL OCCUR AT MIDNIGHT AND DROP THROUGH THE DAY. TUESDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE THROUGH THE AREA. THICKNESSES REMAIN MARGINAL FOR SNOW...SO WILL STAY WITH RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS FOR NOW. 12Z GFS IS MUCH FASTER WITH THE PROGRESSION OF THE SYSTEM THAN THE 00Z ECMWF. LEANED TOWARD THE ECMWF SOLUTION AS THE GFS HAS SLOWLY STARTED TO TREND TOWARD THE MORE CONSISTENT ECMWF. AFTER TUESDAY...MODELS DIVERGE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. THE 12Z GFS BRINGS A COLD FRONT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...WHILE THE ECMWF KEEPS THE AREA DRY UNTIL AFTER THE FORECAST PERIOD. WILL PUT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN TO MATCH UP WITH OTHER OFFICES AND BLEND BETWEEN THE TWO MODELS. && .AVIATION.../00Z TO 24Z/ SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAS MOVED ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIED OUT AND ONLY GARDEN VARIETY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS REMAIN. THE FRONT IS ABOUT 50 MILES BEHIND THE SHOWERS AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS. BEHIND THE LINE OF SHOWERS CONDITIONS ARE MOSTLY MVFR AND THERE IS SOME IFR IN THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE MVFR SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND THEN BREAK OUT TO VFR BETWEEN 18 AND 00Z. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JJ/GREIF LONG TERM....SCHOETTMER AVIATION...JJ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 10, 9:00 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 900 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>085-104-106-108-111-114- 120500- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE- LEE-OWSLEY- 900 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A STRAY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY OVERNIGHT. FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE NIGHT...MINOR...NUISANCE FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE EVENING RAINFALL WORKS ITS WAY DOWNSTREAM. .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 THE PAST EVENING/S THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON. KYZ086>088-107-109-110-112-113-115>120-120500- KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-PERRY-CLAY- LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- 900 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A STRAY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY OVERNIGHT. FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE NIGHT...MINOR...NUISANCE FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE EVENING RAINFALL WORKS ITS WAY DOWNSTREAM. .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 THE PAST EVENING/S THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON. RAY/GREIF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 10, 7:26 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jan 10, 7:47 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 747 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 KYZ088-110-113-115-118-120-110130- FLOYD-PIKE-KNOTT-PERRY-LETCHER-HARLAN- 747 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT SOUTHERN FLOYD... PIKE......KNOTT...SOUTHEASTERN PERRY...LETCHER AND HARLAN COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING... AT 747 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RITCHIE TO JONESBURG TO HENSLEY STORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR MOUSIE AROUND 755 PM EST...WAYLAND AROUND 800 PM EST...BLUE MOON AROUND 805 PM EST...HAROLD AROUND 810 PM EST...AND ULNARE AROUND 815 PM EST. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. WJM
Special weather statement, Jan 10, 8:25 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 825 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 KYZ120-110200- PIKE- 825 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT PIKE COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING... AT 825 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SIDNEY TO MYRA TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHELBY GAP... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR ROCKHOUSE AROUND 830 PM EST...PHYLLIS AROUND 835 PM EST...BUSKIRK AROUND 840 PM EST...FEDSCREEK AROUND 845 PM EST...AND TOONERVILLE AROUND 850 PM EST. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 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. WJM
Local storm report, Jan 10, 8:46 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
846 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S SCIENCE HILL 37.16N 84.64W
01/10/2008 PULASKI KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORWOOD ROAD AND OLD
SALTS ROAD.
&&
SCHOETTMERLocal storm report, Jan 10, 8:48 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
848 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 SW MONTICELLO 36.77N 84.94W
01/10/2008 WAYNE KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 200 AND
HIGHWAY 834.
&&
SCHOETTMERSpecial weather statement, Jan 10, 9:54 PM EST, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 954 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 KYZ044-050-051-110400- FLEMING-BATH-MONTGOMERY- 954 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT FLEMING...BATH AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING... AT 954 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FLEMINGSBURG TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHARPSBURG TO 18 MILES WEST OF WADES MILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR WADES MILL AROUND 1010 PM EST...UPPER SPENCER AROUND 1015 PM EST...STOOPS AROUND 1020 PM EST...REYNOLDSVILLE AROUND 1025 PM EST...AND SLATE VALLEY AROUND 1030 PM EST. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN...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. WJM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 7:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell | 50 min |
| Jan 10, 9:33 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Rowan | 7 days |
| 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.