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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Jackson, KY

October 26, 2010Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 2010, 2:29 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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: Oct 26, 2010, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2010, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Oct 26, 8:55 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Oct 26, 1:36 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 Oct 26, 1:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 1:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 26, 9:10 AM EDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
910 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-271615-
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
910 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS INCREASED FOR THIS
AFTERNOON...

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT
THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING AS A POTENT COLD FRONT
PASSES ACROSS THE REGION.

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS MORNING SUSTAINED
AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH LIKELY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

THE WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST AND DIMINISH QUICKLY BEHIND
THE FRONT TONIGHT.

A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK APPEARS LIKELY AS WELL ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY
AS THE FRONT AND ITS SQUALL LINE ENTERS THE AREA DURING PEAK
HEATING THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS WILL BE A
SIGNIFICANT THREAT WITH SPEEDS UP TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE LATER TODAY.
ADDITIONALLY...A FEW SHORT DURATION TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG
AND JUST AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION MEDIA
FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE VIGILANT AND CALL IN ANY REPORTS OF HIGH
WINDS...WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING BLOWN DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS...AS
WELL AS FUNNEL CLOUDS AND TORNADO SITINGS.

JJ/GREIF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 26, 12:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1246 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

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

1209 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG KEAVY                   37.00N 84.17W
10/26/2010                   LAUREL             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 363.

&&

GREIF

Local storm report, Oct 26, 2:09 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
209 PM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

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

0150 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 E KIMPER              37.50N 82.31W
10/26/2010                   PIKE               KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN BLOCKING ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC.

&&

TBREWER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 26, 1:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Fleming	44 min
Oct 26, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	48 min
Oct 26, 2:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	32 min
Oct 26, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rowan	30 min
Oct 26, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	23 min
Oct 26, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Wayne	32 min
Oct 26, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle	34 min
Oct 26, 3:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel	31 min
Oct 26, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott, Johnson, Morgan	27 min
Oct 26, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley	29 min
Oct 26, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Owsley, Perry	31 min
Oct 26, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley	30 min
Oct 26, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin	52 min
Oct 26, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Leslie, Perry	33 min
Oct 26, 4:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Leslie	16 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.