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Lake Wind Advisory 9, NWS Jackson, KY

January 1, 201233 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this lake wind advisory at Jan 1, 2012, 2:14 PM EST for 33 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 303 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 1, 2012, 2:14 PM EST (19:14 UTC)
Expired
Oct 30, 2012, 11:27 AM EDT
In force
303 days
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 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.2 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-01-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-01-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 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 Jan 1, 12:49 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 12:49 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 5:10 AM EST, 9 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
510 AM EST SUN JAN 1 2012

KYZ044-050>052-021315-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD
510 AM EST SUN JAN 1 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE
DAY. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST UP TO 45 MPH...AT TIMES...MAKING
DRIVING CONDITIONS DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR ANY HIGH PROFILED
VEHICLES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

AS A BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION...SNOW SHOWERS ARE
POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED FROM THIS.

IN ADDITION...WIND CHILLS WILL BE DOWN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS LATE
MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-083>085-021315-
ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-
MCCREARY-WHITLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG
510 AM EST SUN JAN 1 2012

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND PUSHES
THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST TO AROUND 35 MPH AT
TIMES MAKING DRIVING CONDITIONS DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR ANY HIGH
PROFILED VEHICLES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

AS A BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION...SNOW SHOWERS ARE
POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. LITTLE TO
NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM THIS.

IN ADDITION...WIND CHILLS WILL BE DOWN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS LATE
MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

KYZ087-088-118-120-021315-
BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE
510 AM EST SUN JAN 1 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST
TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

GUSTY WINDS OF BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE AREA TODAY. HIGH PROFILED VEHICLES MAY ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT
DRIVING CONDITIONS...AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

AS A BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION...SNOW SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST
PART OF THE DAY TUESDAY. UP TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
FROM THESE...MAINLY ON THE HIGHEST TERRAIN ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER.
OTHERWISE...AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED. DUE
TO THE COLD AIR THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT AND FLUFFY. WHEN COMBINED WITH
THE BRISK WINDS...SOME BLOWING OF THE SNOW CAN BE ANTICIPATED IN
THESE AREAS...AS WELL.

IN ADDITION...WIND CHILLS WILL BE DOWN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS LATE
MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM MONDAY
THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY.

KYZ086-104-106>117-119-021315-
KNOX-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...
PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...
JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ
510 AM EST SUN JAN 1 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

GUSTY WINDS OF BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE AREA TODAY. HIGH PROFILED VEHICLES MAY ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT
DRIVING CONDITIONS...AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

AS A BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION...SNOW SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST
PART OF THE DAY TUESDAY. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM
THESE...MAINLY ON THE HIGHEST RIDGES. OTHERWISE...LESS THAN A HALF AN
INCH OF SNOW WILL FALL.

IN ADDITION...WIND CHILLS WILL BE DOWN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS LATE
MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM MONDAY
THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY.

GREIF

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 4:25 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKLBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more54 hr
Jan 1, 2:14 PM ESTWind AdvisoryJKLElliott, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe5 hr

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in Kentucky, 2012Every lake wind advisory 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.