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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Jackson, KY

July 1, 20094 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2009, 2:24 AM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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: Jul 1, 2009, 2:24 AM EDT (06:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2009, 3:00 AM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Breathitt County, KY, Lee County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 315 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Jul 1, 1:40 AM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:40 AM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 10:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1025 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-104-106>120-020530-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-
KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
1025 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND
ALSO SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

KYZ079-080-083>088-020530-
PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
1025 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND
ALSO AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

HAL/GREIF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 12:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1239 AM EDT WED JUL 01 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1232 AM     HAIL             FAUBUSH                 37.07N 84.83W
07/01/2009  E1.75 INCH       PULASKI            KY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

JCARICO

Local storm report, Jul 1, 12:59 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1259 AM EDT WED JUL 01 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1250 AM     HAIL             SOMERSET                37.08N 84.61W
07/01/2009  E1.00 INCH       PULASKI            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED AT THE SOMERSET MALL.

&&

JCARICO

Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:28 AM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:43 AM EDT, 41 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 12:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	32 min
Jul 1, 12:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	27 min
Jul 1, 12:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	37 min
Jul 1, 1:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle	45 min
Jul 1, 1:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley and 1 more	32 min
Jul 1, 3:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Letcher, Perry, Pike	37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2009 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.