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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Jackson, KY

April 5, 2010Elliott County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2010, 9:06 PM EDT for Elliott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2010, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2010, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Elliott County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 5, 2:52 PM EDT, 6 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 2:52 PM EDT, 6 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 2:27 PM EDT, 6 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
227 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-062130-
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
227 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING. IF ANY STORMS DEVELOP...ONE OR TWO MAY PRODUCE
WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BRING AN ENHANCED THREAT
FOR WILDFIRES ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

JP/JJ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 6:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
653 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010

KYZ044-052330-
FLEMING-
653 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTY THROUGH 730
PM EDT MONDAY EVENING...

   NORTHERN FLEMING.

AT 652 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
FAIRVIEW...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CYNTHIANA...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH. THE WORST OF THIS STORM WILL BRUSH PAST JUST TO THE NORTH OF
THE FLEMING COUNTY BORDER. HOWEVER...JUST A GLANCING BLOW MAY BE
ENOUGH FOR GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...COWAN AROUND
700 PM EDT...NEPTON AROUND 705 PM EDT...FLEMINGSBURG AROUND 715 PM
EDT...DALESBURG AROUND 720 PM EDT...AND MOUNT CARMEL AROUND 725 PM
EDT.

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE
INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
SMALL HAIL 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.

GREIF

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 7:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 7:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
759 PM EDT MON APR 05 2010

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

0736 PM     HAIL             FLEMINGSBURG            38.42N 83.74W
04/05/2010  E1.00 INCH       FLEMING            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN FLEMINGSBURG

&&

GREIF

Local storm report, Apr 5, 8:06 PM EDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
806 PM EDT MON APR 05 2010

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

0735 PM     HAIL             FLEMINGSBURG            38.42N 83.74W
04/05/2010  E1.75 INCH       FLEMING            KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY BROADCAST MEDIA IN
            FLEMINGSBURG.

&&

GREIF

Local storm report, Apr 5, 8:46 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
846 PM EDT MON APR 05 2010

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

0815 PM     HAIL             EWING                   38.43N 83.86W
04/05/2010  E0.88 INCH       FLEMING            KY   PUBLIC

&&

AR

Local storm report, Apr 5, 8:53 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
853 PM EDT MON APR 05 2010

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

0835 PM     HAIL             EWING                   38.43N 83.86W
04/05/2010  E1.75 INCH       FLEMING            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN EWING BETWEEN 835 AND 840
            PM.

&&

AR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Fleming	52 min
Apr 5, 8:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Fleming	44 min
Apr 5, 8:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Fleming	2 hr
Apr 5, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rowan	31 min
Apr 5, 8:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Rowan	19 min
Apr 6, 3:43 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	17 hr
Apr 6, 6:26 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Pike	8 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.