Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2009, 5:38 PM EDT for 10 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 37 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
- May 8, 2009, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2009, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Breathitt County, KY, Estill County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Lee County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Powell County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 8, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 35 hr |
| May 8, 6:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 45 min |
| May 8, 7:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 3 hr |
| May 8, 10:30 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Lee | 7 hr |
| May 8, 10:30 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 7 hr |
| May 8, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 47 min |
| May 8, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 38 min |
| May 8, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary | 51 min |
| May 8, 4:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary | 32 min |
| May 8, 4:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 3 hr |
| May 8, 4:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Harlan and 18 more | 3 hr |
| May 8, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 34 min |
| May 8, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 43 min |
| May 8, 4:49 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | JKL | Lee | 62 hr |
| May 8, 4:49 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | JKL | Estill | 3 days |
| May 8, 5:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 49 min |
| May 8, 5:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Powell | 32 min |
| May 8, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Perry, Whitley | 46 min |
| May 8, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 42 min |
| May 8, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 39 min |
| May 8, 5:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Morgan, Rowan | 2 hr |
| May 8, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan | 28 min |
| May 8, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan and 1 more | 45 min |
| May 8, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Owsley | 30 min |
| May 8, 7:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Leslie, Magoffin and 3 more | 3 hr |
| May 8, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Leslie, Owsley, Perry | 33 min |
| May 8, 7:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming and 21 more | 3 hr |
| May 8, 7:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 9 more | 3 hr |
| May 8, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Rockcastle | 27 min |
| May 8, 7:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle | 34 min |
| May 8, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 42 min |
Nearby
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.