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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

May 2, 2010Fleming County, Rowan County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2010, 4:40 PM EDT for Fleming County, Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2010, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2010, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fleming County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 658 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

330 
WUUS53 KJKL 022040
SVRJKL
KYC069-205-022100-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0021.100502T2040Z-100502T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
440 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 439 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM WALLINGFORD TO MUSES MILLS TO BLUESTONE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOREHEAD...CLEARFIELD...MUNSON...WALTZ...HAYS CROSSING...RODBURN...
  CRANSTON...CHRISTY...TRIPLETT...GATES AND HALDEMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3849 8358 3844 8357 3839 8340 3834 8336
      3832 8332 3823 8330 3821 8328 3811 8352
      3815 8357 3814 8362 3818 8360 3819 8362
      3827 8363 3838 8373 3852 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 232DEG 51KT 3842 8353 3834 8348
          3819 8349
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

RAY

1 follow-up statement

876 
WWUS53 KJKL 022054
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
454 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2010

KYC069-205-022102-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100502T2100Z/
FLEMING KY-ROWAN KY-
454 PM EDT SUN MAY 2 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ROWAN AND EASTERN FLEMING
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM EDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3849 8358 3844 8357 3839 8340 3834 8336
      3832 8332 3823 8330 3821 8328 3811 8352
      3815 8357 3814 8362 3818 8360 3819 8362
      3827 8363 3838 8373 3852 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 232DEG 51KT 3851 8335 3843 8330
          3828 8331

$$

RAY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 9:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 3 more	5 hr
May 1, 9:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Wayne	6 hr
May 2, 3:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Wayne	4 hr
May 2, 8:17 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Powell	12 hr
May 2, 10:01 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	29 min
May 2, 10:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	14 min
May 2, 10:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Menifee, Powell and 4 more	6 hr
May 2, 11:48 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Rockcastle	6 hr
May 2, 11:59 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Estill, Fleming, Lee, Menifee, Powell and 1 more	3 hr
May 2, 12:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Powell	3 hr
May 2, 12:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne	7 hr
May 2, 1:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Elliott, Morgan	3 hr
May 2, 2:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Elliott, Morgan	3 hr
May 2, 2:51 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Estill, Powell	62 hr
May 2, 2:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Estill, Fleming, Lee, Menifee, Powell and 1 more	6 hr
May 2, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	34 min
May 2, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Powell, Rowan	39 min
May 2, 5:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, McCreary, Owsley and 4 more	4 hr
May 2, 5:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Rockcastle	18 hr
May 2, 6:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Elliott, Morgan	3 hr
May 2, 6:36 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Estill	69 hr
May 2, 7:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne	17 hr
May 2, 7:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Estill, Fleming, Montgomery, Powell	16 hr

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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.