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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this high wind warning at Dec 20, 2012, 12:49 PM EST for Harlan County, Letcher County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2012, 12:49 PM EST (17:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
Counties Harlan County, KY, Letcher County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 280 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 455 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
180 WWUS73 KJKL 201749 NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1249 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND THEN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE LARGE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS SYSTEM AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. KYZ088-118-210200- /O.UPG.KJKL.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121221T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.HW.W.0001.121220T1749Z-121221T2200Z/ HARLAN-LETCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...WHITESBURG 1249 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THIS MORNING...AND WILL REMAIN RATHER STRONG AND GUSTY MUCH OF THE TIME THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED AS HIGHER VELOCITY WINDS ARE MIXED DOWN TO THE SURFACE. THESE WINDS WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...HOWEVER WILL BE OVER A SMALL PORTION OF THE AREA WHEN THEY OCCUR. * UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WINDS AND TREES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE IN DANGER OF BEING BLOWN OVER WHEN TRAVELING ON NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS U.S. 119. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>087-104-106>117-119- 120-210200- /O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121221T2200Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-ELLIOTT- MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY- PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY... PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD... MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ...PIKEVILLE 1249 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY. * WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE AND WILL REMAIN RATHER STRONG AND GUSTY MUCH OF THE TIME THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS OF THESE SPEEDS WILL BE MOST COMMON TONIGHT. * THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. SHALLOW ROOTED TREES IN STEEP TERRAIN COULD ALSO BE BLOW DOWN. THE WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO LEAD TO LONGER TRAVEL TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 23 AND INTERSTATE 75. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JJ
3 follow-up statements
078 WWUS73 KJKL 202114 NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 414 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND THEN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE LARGE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS SYSTEM AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. KYZ088-118-210515- /O.CON.KJKL.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T2200Z/ HARLAN-LETCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...WHITESBURG 414 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY. * WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THIS MORNING...AND WILL REMAIN RATHER STRONG AND GUSTY MUCH OF THE TIME THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED AS HIGHER VELOCITY WINDS ARE MIXED DOWN TO THE SURFACE. THESE WINDS WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...HOWEVER WILL BE OVER A SMALL PORTION OF THE AREA WHEN THEY OCCUR. * UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WINDS AND TREES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE IN DANGER OF BEING BLOWN OVER WHEN TRAVELING ON NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS U.S. 119. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>087-104-106>117-119- 120-210515- /O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121221T2200Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-ELLIOTT- MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY- PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY... PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD... MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ...PIKEVILLE 414 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY. * WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE AND WILL REMAIN RATHER STRONG AND GUSTY MUCH OF THE TIME THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS OF THESE SPEEDS WILL BE MOST COMMON TONIGHT. * THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. SHALLOW ROOTED TREES IN STEEP TERRAIN COULD ALSO BE BLOW DOWN. THE WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO LEAD TO LONGER TRAVEL TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 23 AND INTERSTATE 75. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JJ
351 WWUS73 KJKL 202120 NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 420 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND THEN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE LARGE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS SYSTEM AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. KYZ088-118-210530- /O.EXB.KJKL.WI.Y.0002.121220T2200Z-121221T2200Z/ /O.EXT.KJKL.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121220T2200Z/ HARLAN-LETCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...WHITESBURG 420 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE AND WILL REMAIN RATHER STRONG AND GUSTY MUCH OF THE TIME THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS OF THESE SPEEDS WILL BE MOST COMMON TONIGHT. * THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. SHALLOW ROOTED TREES IN STEEP TERRAIN COULD ALSO BE BLOWN DOWN. THE WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO LEAD TO LONGER TRAVEL TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 23 AND INTERSTATE 75. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>087-104-106>117-119- 120-210530- /O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121221T2200Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-ELLIOTT- MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY- PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY... PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD... MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ...PIKEVILLE 420 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY. * WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE AND WILL REMAIN RATHER STRONG AND GUSTY MUCH OF THE TIME THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS OF THESE SPEEDS WILL BE MOST COMMON TONIGHT. * THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. SHALLOW ROOTED TREES IN STEEP TERRAIN COULD ALSO BE BLOWN DOWN. THE WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO LEAD TO LONGER TRAVEL TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 23 AND INTERSTATE 75. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JJ
917 WWUS73 KJKL 202226 NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 526 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE LARGE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS SYSTEM AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. KYZ088-118-210630- /O.EXP.KJKL.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121220T2200Z/ /O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121221T2200Z/ HARLAN-LETCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...WHITESBURG 526 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY. * WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE AND WILL REMAIN RATHER STRONG AND GUSTY MUCH OF THE TIME THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS OF THESE SPEEDS WILL BE MOST COMMON TONIGHT. * THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. SHALLOW ROOTED TREES IN STEEP TERRAIN COULD ALSO BE BLOWN DOWN. THE WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO LEAD TO LONGER TRAVEL TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 23 AND INTERSTATE 75. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>087-104-106>117-119- 120-210630- /O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121221T2200Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-ELLIOTT- MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY- PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY... PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD... MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ...PIKEVILLE 526 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FRIDAY. * WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE AND WILL REMAIN RATHER STRONG AND GUSTY MUCH OF THE TIME THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS OF THESE SPEEDS WILL BE MOST COMMON TONIGHT. * THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. SHALLOW ROOTED TREES IN STEEP TERRAIN COULD ALSO BE BLOWN DOWN. THE WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO LEAD TO LONGER TRAVEL TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS SUCH AS US HIGHWAY 23 AND INTERSTATE 75. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 3:30 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 28 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Kentucky, 2012Every high wind warning in 2012
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.