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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2009, 9:28 PM EDT for Estill County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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
- Jun 3, 2009, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2009, 9:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Estill County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Jun 3, 7:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 7:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 340 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-041200- 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- 340 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN A THREAT ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING... WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT OCCURRENCES OF WIND DAMAGE...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON. ABE/SBH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:41 PM EDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 341 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009 KYZ084-032030- MCCREARY- 341 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT MCCREARY COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... AT 341 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLUE HERON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR BLUE HERON AROUND 355 PM EDT...PINE KNOT AROUND 400 PM EDT...WHITLEY CITY AROUND 405 PM EDT...MARSHES SIDING AROUND 410 PM EDT...AND BEULAH HEIGHTS AROUND 420 PM EDT. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER THEN LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE A HAZARD. GREIF
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 351 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009 KYZ088-118-032030- LETCHER-HARLAN- 351 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009 ...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT SOUTHERN LETCHER AND HARLAN COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... AT 351 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR VERDA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR COLTS AROUND 400 PM EDT...LOUELLEN AROUND 405 PM EDT...CLOSPLINT AROUND 410 PM EDT...SAND HILL AROUND 415 PM EDT... AND BENHAM AROUND 420 PM EDT. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER THEN LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE A HAZARD. GREIF
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 421 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009 KYZ080-084-085-032045- LAUREL-WHITLEY-MCCREARY- 421 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LAUREL AND NORTHWESTERN WHITLEY AND MCCREARY COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... AT 422 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARSHES SIDING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR WIBORG AROUND 430 PM EDT...BEULAH HEIGHTS AROUND 435 PM EDT...DUCKRUN AROUND 440 PM EDT...HONEYBEE AROUND 445 AND PM EDT. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 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, Jun 3, 5:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knox, Letcher, McCreary, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 4 hr |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.