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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2008, 9:25 AM EDT for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 35 min. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2008, 9:25 AM EDT (13:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2008, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bath County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Powell County, KY, Rowan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 9:28 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Clay City, KY | LARGE TREE LIMB TORN OFF 5 INCHES IN DIAMETER |
| May 11, 9:47 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Morehead, KY | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON HWY 377 AND MULTIPLE CAR ACCIDENTS |
| May 11, 9:48 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Clay City, KY | NUMEROUS TREE BRANCHES TORN OFF ALONG SPOUT SPRINGS ROAD. BRANCHES WERE BETWEEN 2 TO 5 INCHES IN DIAMETER. ONE TREE DOWN ON KY HIGHWAY 2001. |
| May 11, 9:50 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Sterling, KY | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE BLOCKING ROADS. WORST HIT IS BETWEEN MOUNT STERLING AND JEFFERSON. ANOTHER AREA HARD HIT IS CARGO |
| May 11, 9:55 AM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Morehead, KY | PENNY SIZE HAIL |
| May 11, 9:55 AM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Morehead, KY | PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL |
| May 11, 9:57 AM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Hays Crossing, KY | GOLFBALL HAIL LASTED ABOUT 3 MINUTES |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 5 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 3 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KJKL 111324
SVRJKL
KYC011-069-165-173-197-205-111400-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0073.080511T1325Z-080511T1400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
925 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY
HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
EASTERN FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
WESTERN POWELL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
* AT 919 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SPOUT SPRINGS...OR 7 MILES WEST OF STANTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 56 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
JEFFERSONVILLE...BEAN...CAMARGO AND LEVEE BY 930 AM EDT...
HOPE...LUCKY STOP...WALKERS CROSSING AND CLAY LICK BY 935 AM EDT...
CROOKS AND PRESTON BY 940 AM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3793 8400 3800 8402 3848 8361 3844 8357
3843 8350 3834 8334 3832 8332 3827 8331
3778 8392 3780 8397 3785 8398 3785 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1325Z 225DEG 49KT 3790 8392
$$
RICHEYWhat 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 May 11, 7:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 7:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 745 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 .SHORT TERM.../TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/ A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM IS LOOKING RATHER IMPRESSIVE ON THE SURFACE CHART. AT 06Z...A STRONG 991 MB LOW WAS OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS...WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTH INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY TO MISSISSIPPI. THE CONVECTION OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAS LOST MUCH OF ITS LIGHTNING OVER KENTUCKY...WITH THE CONVECTION OVER TENNESSEE AND POINTS SOUTH THE MOST IMPRESSIVE. EXPECTING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO WORK EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. SHOWERS WERE ALREADY IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA. AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST TODAY WE SHOULD SEE REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL TODAY...WITH CAPES RANGING FROM NEAR 1000 TO 2000 J/KG...AND LI/S -2 TO -4 AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. A DRY SLOT BETWEEN THE PREFRONTAL PRECIP AND THE FRONT ITSELF SHOULD HELP THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZE AS WELL. WILL MENTION A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN THE FORECAST AND IN THE HWO. WITH GOOD SPEED AND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL. EVEN OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS...EXPECTING OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WITH STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE. WITH THIS IN MIND...WILL ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR OUR AREA RUNNING FROM 10 AM THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. WILL STILL SEE SOME DECENT GUSTS IN THE HIGHEST TERRAIN THIS EVENING IN THE EAST...BUT THESE SHOULD BE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA WIND SPEEDS. H5 LOW WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND LIFT WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND WILL GO WITH CATEGORICAL POPS FOR SHOWERS. THE LOW WILL SLOWLY EXIT MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING...WITH POPS GRADUALLY TAPERING DOWN DURING THIS PERIOD. TUESDAY SHOULD BE DRY AND MOSTLY SUNNY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN. .LONG TERM.../TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/ STILL SOME DISAGREEMENT IN THE MODELS LATER IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. IN GENERAL...FOLLOWED A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE ECMWF...WHICH WAS ALSO CLOSER TO THE EARLIER HPC MANUAL PROGS. EXPECTING A COLD FRONT TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...AND HAVE INCREASED POPS TO LIKELY FOR THIS PERIOD. THE FRONT SHOULD BE MOVING JUST EAST OF THE AREA LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...AS A WAVE DEVELOPS ALONG IT. WILL TAPER POPS DOWN TO THE CHANCE RANGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH THIS SYSTEM CLOSE BY. WILL NOT MENTION OF THUNDER THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...AS WE SHOULD BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM AND SLOW MOVING FRONTAL WAVES. WILL KEEP THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST HOWEVER. PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS WITH EXACT POSITION OF THE FRONT AND WAVES. && .AVIATION.../12Z TO 12Z/...UPDATED DAYLIGHT SHOULD PROMPT A MORE MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER SO HAVE DROPPED THE WIND SHEAR WITH THIS ISSUANCE AND ADDED GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KTS TO THE TAFS. A DEVELOPING COLD FRONT IS SPINNING TOWARD EASTERN KENTUCKY AND THIS SHOULD BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. HAVE TIMED THESE ACROSS THE CWA FROM MID MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN CIGS AND VIS DOWN TOWARD IFR WHILE THE WIND GUSTS BECOME MORE ROBUST. FOLLOWING THE FRONT...LINGERED THE POSSIBILITY OF A STRAY THUNDERSTORM BEFORE SUNSET. LATER THIS EVENING EXPECT THE WINDS TO SETTLE DOWN SOMEWHAT FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST BUT STILL OCCASIONAL GUST. ALSO HAVE BROUGHT THE PREVAILING CIGS DOWN WITH ONGOING LIGHT SHOWERS BENEATH THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE FROM THE STRONG AND DEEP SFC LOW PRESSURE AREA PULLING OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR KYZ044-050>052- 058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120. && SHORT TERM...WJM LONG TERM....WJM AVIATION...GREIF
Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 4:25 AM EDT, 5 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 425 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-121100- 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 425 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IN ADDITION...OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES TODAY. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON TODAY. WJM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 441 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-111530- 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 441 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH IT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE TIME FOR THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH AROUND LUNCHTIME ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM FLEMINGSBURG TO LONDON. TO THE EAST OF THIS LINE...THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE THREAT WILL PERSIST FROM LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS TOWARDS THE WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA BORDERS. IN ADDITION...OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS...WINDS MAY GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES TODAY. GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY BRING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES TODAY ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/JACKSONKY. WJM
Special weather statement, May 11, 9:15 AM EDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 915 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 KYZ050-051-058-059-111345- BATH-MONTGOMERY-POWELL-ESTILL- 915 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN BATH AND MONTGOMERY AND NORTHWESTERN POWELL AND NORTHWESTERN ESTILL COUNTIES THROUGH 945 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING... AT 915 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FOX...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 56 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR POWELL VALLEY AROUND 920 AM EDT...VIRDEN AROUND 925 AM EDT...JEFFERSONVILLE AROUND 930 AM EDT...HOPE AROUND 935 AM EDT...CROOKS AROUND 940 AM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. RICHEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:40 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 20 hr |
| May 11, 8:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 34 min |
| May 11, 8:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 23 min |
| May 11, 9:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 31 min |
| May 11, 9:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley | 34 min |
| May 11, 9:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie | 32 min |
| May 11, 9:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more | 32 min |
| May 11, 10:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie, Perry | 29 min |
| May 11, 10:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan and 1 more | 47 min |
| May 11, 10:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Magoffin, Perry | 31 min |
| May 11, 10:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry, Pike | 34 min |
| May 11, 10:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 30 min |
| May 11, 10:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 38 min |
| May 11, 10:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin | 33 min |
| May 11, 10:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson | 19 min |
| May 11, 10:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Harlan, Letcher | 36 min |
| May 11, 10:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike | 47 min |
| May 11, 11:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 29 min |
| May 11, 11:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin | 24 min |
| May 11, 11:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 17 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.