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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2009, 3:07 AM EDT for Floyd County, Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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 31, 2009, 3:07 AM EDT (07:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2009, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Floyd County, KY, Pike County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 30, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 500 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1374 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
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 May 31, 2:13 AM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:13 AM EDT, 54 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 2:39 AM EDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 31, 12:01 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1201 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009 KYZ107-119-310430- JOHNSON-MARTIN- 1201 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT JOHNSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING... AT MIDNIGHT EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARNROCK...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR WINIFRED AROUND 1205 AM EDT...CHANDLERVILLE AROUND 1210 AM EDT...STAMBAUGH AROUND 1215 AM EDT...RIVER AROUND 1220 AM EDT...CHESTNUT AROUND 1225 AM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS 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. ABE
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:24 AM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1224 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009 KYZ104-106-107-119-310530- ELLIOTT-JOHNSON-MARTIN-MORGAN- 1224 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT EASTERN ELLIOTT...EAST CENTRAL MORGAN...JOHNSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING... AT 1224 AM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE AREA MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORMS WILL BE NEAR WHITEHOUSE AROUND 1230 AM EDT...HAMMOND AROUND 1235 AM EDT...TOMAHAWK AROUND 1240 AM EDT...INEZ AROUND 1245 AM EDT...ANDY AROUND 1250 AM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKES 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. ABE
Local storm report, May 31, 12:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1255 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1245 AM HAIL INEZ 37.87N 82.54W
05/31/2009 U0.88 INCH MARTIN KY PUBLIC
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ABESpecial weather statement, May 31, 1:04 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 104 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009 KYZ104-106-107-310530- ELLIOTT-JOHNSON-MORGAN- 104 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN ELLIOTT...NORTHEASTERN MORGAN...NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING... AT 104 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SANDY HOOK... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR ISONVILLE AROUND 110 AM EDT...RELIEF AROUND 115 AM EDT...KEATON AROUND 120 AM EDT...BARNROCK AROUND 125 AM EDT... WINIFRED AROUND 130 AM EDT... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. ABE
Special weather statement, May 31, 1:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 127 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009 KYZ107-119-310630- JOHNSON-MARTIN- 127 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN JOHNSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES THROUGH 230 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING... AT 126 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR BAKER AROUND 135 AM EDT...CHESTNUT AROUND 140 AM EDT...INEZ AROUND 150 AM EDT...AND BEAUTY AROUND 200 AM EDT. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. ABE
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:58 AM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Rowan | 44 min |
| May 31, 12:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Johnson, Martin, Morgan and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 31, 1:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Martin, Pike | 53 min |
| May 31, 1:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Johnson, Martin | 3 hr |
| May 31, 3:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Lee, Owsley | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.