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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Jackson, KY

June 24, 2010Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2010, 4:05 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 22 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
Jun 24, 2010, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2010, 4:27 PM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 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 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2010-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1430 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2010-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 24, 3:48 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 3:48 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 4:10 AM EDT, 11 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
410 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-251115-
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
410 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND INTO THE EVENING AS A
SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT DROPS THROUGH THE COMMONWEALTH. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...HAIL...HEAVY
RAIN...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY
SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

IN ADDITION...THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RETURN TO EAST KENTUCKY OVER
THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER 90S EACH
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GREIF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:36 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1236 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

KYZ044-051-052-241700-
FLEMING-ROWAN-BATH-
1236 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 100
PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

   FLEMING...
   WEST CENTRAL ROWAN AND
   NORTH CENTRAL BATH.

AT 1236 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COWAN...OR 11
MILES WEST OF FLEMINGSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...PECKS RIDGE
AROUND 1245 PM EDT...SHERBURNE AROUND 1250 PM EDT...TILTON AROUND
1255 PM EDT...

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN
ONE AND TWO INCHES 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

JACOBSON
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
154 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

KYZ050-058>060-106-108-241830-
MONTGOMERY-MENIFEE-POWELL-ESTILL-MORGAN-WOLFE-
154 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
THROUGH 230 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

   MONTGOMERY...
   EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MORGAN...
   SOUTHERN MENIFEE...
   POWELL...
   EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WOLFE AND
   NORTHERN ESTILL.

AT 154 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM UPPER SPENCER TO LEVEE TO PALMER...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF MOUNT STERLING TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
STANTON TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHMOND...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...WALTERSVILLE
AROUND 200 PM EDT...WISEMAN CROSSING STATION AROUND 205 PM EDT...WITT
AROUND 210 PM EDT...TABOR AROUND 215 PM EDT...WILLOW TREE AROUND 220
PM EDT...

RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50
MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

SHALLENBERGER
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 24, 3:39 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:48 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan35 min
Jun 24, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan30 min
Jun 24, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Magoffin, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 2 more30 min
Jun 24, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2010Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.