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Freeze Watch 3, NWS Jackson, KY

April 10, 201233 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this freeze watch at Apr 10, 2012, 3:41 PM EDT for 33 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 12, 2012, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 10, 2012, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 12, 2012, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 11, 2012, 10:20 AM EDT
In force
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 19:43 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 freeze watch 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 freeze watch went out at Apr 9, 7:55 PM EDT, 19 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 7:55 PM EDT, 19 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 7:03 PM EDT, 20 hours 38 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 9:42 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 24 more	6 hr
Apr 10, 3:27 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	17 hr
Apr 10, 3:41 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	17 hr

Nearby

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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.