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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2010, 9:00 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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 24, 2010, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2010, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bath County, KY, Estill County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Powell County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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 24, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 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 24, 7:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 7:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 7:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 728 PM EDT SAT APR 24 2010 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-260230- 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 728 PM EDT SAT APR 24 2010 ...TORNADO WATCH 98 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST WILL CREATE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS EVEN A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY FOR TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED EARLY TONIGHT. DUSTY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 6:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 636 PM EDT SAT APR 24 2010 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-250200- 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 636 PM EDT SAT APR 24 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENCROACH EASTERN KENTUCKY LATER THIS EVENING. THIS LINE...IF IT REMAINS INTENSE...WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN ALSO NOT BE RULED OUT. THIS LINE WILL REACH A LINE FROM FLEMINGSBURG...TO IRVINE...TO MONTICELLO BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM...AND A LINE FROM MOREHEAD TO BEATTYVILLE...TO WHITLEY CITY BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM. RESIDENTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY NEED TO MONITOR FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. GEOGERIAN
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 7:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 758 PM EDT SAT APR 24 2010 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-250200- 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 758 PM EDT SAT APR 24 2010 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 3AM EDT SUNDAY... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENCROACH EASTERN KENTUCKY LATER THIS EVENING. THIS LINE...IF IT REMAINS INTENSE...WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN ALSO NOT BE RULED OUT. THIS LINE WILL REACH A LINE FROM FLEMINGSBURG...TO IRVINE...TO MONTICELLO BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM...AND A LINE FROM MOREHEAD TO BEATTYVILLE...TO WHITLEY CITY BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM. RESIDENTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY NEED TO MONITOR FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. GEOGERIAN/MACZKO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 10:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 11:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley, Pulaski and 1 more | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 11:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 11:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 12:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Lee and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 5 more | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 12:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Knott, Leslie, Perry | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 2:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Leslie and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:04 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 8 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.