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Lake Wind Advisory 3, NWS Jackson, KY

April 2, 201133 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this lake wind advisory at Apr 2, 2011, 12:47 PM EDT for 33 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2011, 12:47 PM EDT (16:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

All 33 counties

Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:50 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 218 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 175 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 lake wind advisory 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 lake wind advisory went out at Apr 2, 11:52 AM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 11:52 AM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 10:18 AM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1018 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2011

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-031730-
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-
1018 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH
OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. SOME STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.
SOME OF THE STORMS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS
AND HAIL. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF HAIL TODAY AS WELL
AS ANY SEVERE WEATHER ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

DUSTY/SHALLENBERGER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 2, 11:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1134 AM EDT SAT APR 02 2011

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

0850 PM     HAIL             SW SOMERSET             37.08N 84.61W
04/01/2011  M0.50 INCH       PULASKI            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A LITTLE LARGER THAN PEA SIZED HAIL FELL SOUTHWEST OF
            SOMERSET.

0905 PM     HAIL             1 W ROCKCASTLE SPRINGS  37.02N 84.32W
04/01/2011  M0.50 INCH       LAUREL             KY   PUBLIC

            LARGEST SIZE 3/8 INCH IN DIAMETER...FELL FOR 3 MINUTES.
            COCORAHS OBSERVER.

0919 PM     HAIL             VOX                     36.99N 84.20W
04/01/2011  E0.25 INCH       LAUREL             KY   PUBLIC

            PEA SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND AT LAUREL LAKES

0930 PM     HAIL             CORBIN                  36.94N 84.11W
04/01/2011  E0.25 INCH       WHITLEY            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

0937 PM     HAIL             WOODBINE                36.90N 84.09W
04/01/2011  E1.75 INCH       WHITLEY            KY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            REPORT FROM WOODBINE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

0950 PM     HAIL             BARBOURVILLE            36.87N 83.88W
04/01/2011  E0.25 INCH       KNOX               KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1008 PM     HAIL             ARJAY                   36.81N 83.65W
04/01/2011  E1.00 INCH       BELL               KY   PUBLIC

1011 PM     HAIL             PINEVILLE               36.76N 83.70W
04/01/2011  E0.50 INCH       BELL               KY   PUBLIC

1027 PM     HAIL             FONDE                   36.60N 83.88W
04/01/2011  E0.75 INCH       BELL               KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED PENNY SIZED HAIL IN FONDE.

1125 PM     HAIL             1 SSE NED               37.40N 83.26W
04/01/2011  E0.25 INCH       PERRY              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL WAS STILL FALLING WHEN REPORT WAS CALLED IN.

1153 PM     HAIL             THORNTON                37.16N 82.74W
04/01/2011  E0.88 INCH       LETCHER            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THORNTON.

1157 PM     HAIL             ISLAND CITY             37.37N 83.77W
04/01/2011  E0.25 INCH       OWSLEY             KY   CO-OP OBSERVER

            HAIL SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE SIZE OF PEAS WAS REPORTED
            IN ISLAND CITY.

&&

DSHALLEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 1, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox	34 min
Apr 2, 7:19 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	3 hr
Apr 2, 3:58 PM EDT	Red Flag Warning	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	28 hr
Apr 2, 4:20 PM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	JKL	Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson and 13 more	12 hr
Apr 2, 4:20 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	51 hr

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in Kentucky, 2011 Every lake wind advisory in 2011

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.