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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Jackson, KY

July 8, 2012Fleming County, Rowan County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2012, 3:41 PM EDT for Fleming County, Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2012, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fleming County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 90 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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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 8, 3:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Muses Mills, KY	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE TO PORCH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 8, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 2132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

068 
WUUS53 KJKL 081941
SVRJKL
KYC069-205-082015-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0151.120708T1941Z-120708T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
341 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTH CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 339 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALLINGFORD...OR 8 MILES
  EAST OF FLEMINGSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL
  MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLUMMERS LANDING...MUSES MILLS...WALTZ AND TRIPLETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3843 8357 3841 8348 3839 8345 3840 8340
      3838 8340 3832 8333 3829 8333 3832 8367
      3844 8366 3845 8357
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 279DEG 6KT 3839 8358
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$

JACOBSON

2 follow-up statements

387 
WWUS53 KJKL 081953
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
353 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012

KYC069-205-082015-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120708T2015Z/
ROWAN KY-FLEMING KY-
353 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
FLEMING AND NORTH CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MUSES MILLS...OR 10 MILES EAST
OF FLEMINGSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO
ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLUMMERS LANDING...MUSES MILLS AND WALTZ.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3832 8360 3844 8359 3843 8357 3841 8348
      3839 8345 3840 8340 3838 8340 3832 8333
      3829 8333
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 279DEG 6KT 3839 8355
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$

JACOBSON

538 
WWUS53 KJKL 082017
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
417 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012

KYC069-205-082027-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120708T2015Z/
ROWAN KY-FLEMING KY-
417 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLEMING AND NORTH
CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3832 8360 3844 8359 3843 8357 3841 8348
      3839 8345 3840 8340 3838 8340 3832 8333
      3829 8333
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 279DEG 6KT 3839 8355

$$

GEOGERIAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 3:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Fleming	61 min
Jul 8, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott	28 min
Jul 8, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe	45 min
Jul 8, 5:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Morgan	119 min
Jul 8, 6:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan	3 hr
Jul 8, 6:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more	2 hr
Jul 8, 6:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Fleming	98 min
Jul 8, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	24 min
Jul 8, 7:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pulaski	78 min
Jul 8, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle	44 min
Jul 8, 7:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pike	103 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.