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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2009, 9:10 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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
- Apr 5, 2009, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2009, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bath County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Rowan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 2014 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 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 Apr 5, 6:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 6:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 4:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 408 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-061130- 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- 408 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY WEST OF I-75. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. BLUSTERY AND MUCH COLDER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT FOR MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS WILL MIX WITH SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO OF WET SNOW ARE LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON TONIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WJM/ABE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 4:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 400 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-060400- 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 400 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A RETURN OF COLD AND SNOW FOR THE START OF THE WORK WEEK... A STRONG AND SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF ACTIVE AND UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER TO EASTERN KENTUCKY FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE NEW WEEK. THE FIRST IMPACT OF THIS SYSTEM ON THE AREA WILL BE STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT AS A POTENT COLD FRONT TRACKS ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS STATE. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 75. BREEZY AND MUCH COLDER CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. AFTER EARLY MORNING HIGHS IN THE 40S MONDAY MORNING... TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND THEN BELOW FREEZING MONDAY NIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS WILL MIX WITH SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN PERSIST INTO THE DAY ON TUESDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO OF WET SNOW ARE LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO IMPACT ANY EARLY EMERGING VEGETATION AND BLOOMING FRUIT TREES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS AND VEGETATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/JACKSONKY. ABE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 9:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 6 more | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Rowan and 1 more | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Knott and 10 more | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan | 21 min |
| Apr 5, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 3:55 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 37 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:55 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:55 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Estill, Harlan, Knott, Lee and 6 more | 40 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.