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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Jackson, KY

July 26, 20125 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2012, 7:36 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 39 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 26, 2012, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bath County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Powell County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 26, 7:38 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jeffersonville, KY	LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN ON A HIGH TENSION POWER LINE ALONG HWY 460.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 2 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 26, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 1791 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

016 
WUUS53 KJKL 262336
SVRJKL
KYC011-165-173-197-205-270015-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0190.120726T2336Z-120727T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
736 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  POWELL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 734 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  COONS STATION...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT STERLING...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FRENCHBURG...JEFFERSONVILLE...STEPSTONE...OGGS STATION...ROSSLYN...
  CAT CREEK...LUCKY STOP...PEELED OAK...WALKERS CROSSING...BOWEN...
  KENDALL SPRINGS...HOPE...CLAY LICK...MEANS...CEDAR GROVES...
  CROOKS...LOMBARD...PRESTON...SEE AND BOURBON FURNACE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3819 8340 3787 8352 3783 8361 3784 8362
      3782 8364 3778 8373 3786 8400 3792 8397
      3809 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 268DEG 29KT 3801 8384
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

ABE

3 follow-up statements

875 
WWUS53 KJKL 262352
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
752 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

KYC011-165-173-197-205-270015-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-120727T0015Z/
MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-POWELL KY-ROWAN KY-BATH KY-
752 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
BATH...SOUTHWESTERN ROWAN...POWELL...MONTGOMERY AND MENIFEE COUNTIES
UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM MARSHALL TO SUDITH TO KNOWLTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PENNY
SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LOMBARD...MIDLAND...NADA...SEE...HAYSTACK...SCRANTON...SLADE...
  FARMERS...MARIBA...YALE...FREESTONE...BLUESTONE...COGSWELL...
  ZILPO...DENNISTON...WELLINGTON...BRANDY...CLEARFIELD...POMEROYTON
  AND LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3819 8340 3787 8352 3783 8361 3784 8362
      3782 8364 3778 8373 3786 8400 3792 8397
      3809 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 268DEG 29KT 3815 8363 3800 8358
          3780 8378
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$

318 
WWUS53 KJKL 270007
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
807 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

KYC011-165-173-197-205-270015-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-120727T0015Z/
MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-POWELL KY-ROWAN KY-BATH KY-
807 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
BATH...SOUTHWESTERN ROWAN...POWELL...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND
MENIFEE COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 806 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM BLUESTONE TO BIG WOODS TO KOOMER RIDGE CAMPGROUND...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRANDY...POMEROYTON AND CLEARFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3784 8392 3807 8377 3819 8340 3787 8352
      3783 8361 3784 8362 3782 8364 3778 8373
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 268DEG 29KT 3815 8347 3800 8342
          3780 8362
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$

JACOBSON

718 
WWUS53 KJKL 270013
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
813 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

KYC011-165-173-197-205-270023-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-120727T0015Z/
MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-POWELL KY-ROWAN KY-BATH KY-
813 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BATH...SOUTH
CENTRAL ROWAN...POWELL...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND MENIFEE COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3784 8392 3807 8377 3819 8340 3787 8352
      3783 8361 3784 8362 3782 8364 3778 8373
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 268DEG 29KT 3815 8342 3800 8337
          3780 8357

$$

JACOBSON

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 26, 3:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
330 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 300 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

CHALLENGING FORECAST FOR THE SHORT TERM. BEST DYNAMICS AND FORCING REMAIN
TO THE NORTH OF OUR AREA AT THIS TIME...BUT WITH CONTINUED INSOLATION
FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS AIR MASS OVER EAST KY WILL CONTINUE TO
DESTABILIZE. LATEST GOES SOUNDER SHOWS LIFTED INDICES FROM -3 TO -5
OVER AREA...AND PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS IN PLACE WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S.

HOWEVER THE WINDOW FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN EAST KY LOOKS VERY LIMITED
DUE TO TIMING OF WHEN CONVECTION SHOULD ENTER THE AREA. BEST ESTIMATE
AT THIS TIME IS FOR CONVECTION TO ENTER THE FAR NORTH AROUND 8 PM.
WITH BEST FORCING REMAINING NORTH OF THE AREA AND THE FACT THAT WE
WILL BE LOSING DAYTIME HEATING DO NOT EXPECT CONVECTION THAT ENTERS
OUR AREA TO MAINTAIN SEVERE CHARACTERISTICS...IF IT IS SEVERE TO
BEGIN WITH...VERY FAR SOUTH AND EAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA.

THERE IS ALSO A WIDE RANGE OF MODEL SOLUTIONS FOR THE NEAR
TERM AS TO TIMING AND EXTENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND
AGAIN ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING. FOR THE VERY NEAR TERM HAD BEEN
FAVORING THE HRRR WHICH HAD BEEN VERY CONSISTENT WITH SEVERAL RUNS IN
A ROW SHOWING THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE FAR
NORTH PART OF OUR AREA AROUND 01Z. HOWEVER THE LATEST...15Z RUN IS
KEEPING MOST OF OUR AREA DRY THROUGH 06Z. FOR NOW HAVE GONE WITH A
BLEND OF NEIGHBORING FORECAST OFFICE TIMING...CURRENT RADAR
TRENDS...ANALYSIS AND MODEL BLENDS.

ALL CONVECTION TONIGHT WILL BE PRE FRONTAL...AND WITH THE FRONT YET
TO PUSH INTO OUR AREA ON FRIDAY...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE YET AGAIN...AS UPPER SHORT WAVE TROF MOVES ACROSS THE LAKES
AND OH VALLEY. THE 12Z NAM IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS
IDEA...AND SPC HAS PLACED OUR ENTIRE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR
FRIDAY. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE QUESTION AS TO HOW MUCH INSTABILITY
WILL BE PRESENT ON FRIDAY THOUGH. WILL CARRY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ON
FRIDAY FOR ONGOING MORNING CONVECTION AND ALSO CHANCE FOR
REDEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERNOON...AND WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE TO
CHANCE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 330 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

THE PERIOD WILL BEGIN WITH AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH PUSHING
EAST OF THE AREA WITH RISING HEIGHTS ACROSS THE REGION ON SAT. UPPER
LEVEL RIDGING WILL GENERALLY DOMINATE THE WEEKEND WITH SFC HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BEFORE SHIFTING EAST AT THE
END OF WEEKEND. HOWEVER...BY EARLY NEXT WEEK THE RIDGE BECOME
ESTABLISHED A BIT FURTHER SOUTHWEST IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH THE
REGION ENDING UP IN NW FLOW ALOFT BETWEEN THIS RIDGE AND TROUGHING
OVER THE GREAT LAKES...NORTHEAST AND DOWN ALONG THE EASTERN
SEABOARD. THIS OVERALL PATTERN WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED TROUGH THE END
OF THE PERIOD.

THIS SCENARIO WILL LEAD TO A RATHER QUIET AND PLEASANT PATTERN OVER
THE WEEKEND AND YIELD MORE ACTIVE WEATHER WITH THE THREAT OF
CONVECTION. THIS CONVECTION SHOULD LARGELY HAVE A DIURNAL COMPONENT
TO IT...BUT MCS NOCTURNAL CONVECTION WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. TIMING OF
THE THE GREATEST THREAT OF NOCTURNAL CONVECTION IS LOW ATTM...ALTHOUGH
MODELS TO POINT TOWARD SOME OF THIS POSSIBLY OCCURRING ON MON NIGHT.
WE WENT WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE SW LATE ON SUN NIGHT WITH
CHANCE POPS WITH THE DIURNAL FLAVOR FROM THEN ON.

AS FOR TEMPS...MAX TEMPS SHOULD AVERAGE NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE
PERIOD...WITH THE GREATEST DEPARTURE IN OVERNIGHT LOWS FROM TUE NIGHT
ON. MIN T ON SAT NIGHT...IN THE LOW TO MID 60S MAY BE THE LOWEST
OBSERVED SO FAR THIS MONTH IN VALLEY LOCATIONS.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 145 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
EVENING...THOUGH THERE WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 20 KNOTS FROM THE
SOUTHWEST. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE FORECAST AREA AROUND 01Z IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO ADVANCE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...WITH CONDITIONS TO MVFR OR IFR. ONCE
THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS EXPECT IFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS IN FOG AND LOW
CLOUD TO PERSIST INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BACK
TO VFR DURING THE DAY FRIDAY.

&&

.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR KYZ044-050>052.

&&

SHORT TERM...SBH
LONG TERM....JP
AVIATION...SBH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 7:32 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
732 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-104-106>120-271100-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-
LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...SANDY HOOK...
WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...
BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...
HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE
732 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 529 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH
ANY STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD
RESULT IN NUISANCE FLOODING OR ISOLATED OCCURRENCES OF FLASH
FLOODING...HOWEVER LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. ANY
STORMS THAT OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON COULD BE BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY DAMAGING WIND...HAIL...OR
FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON.

KYZ083>088-271100-
WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...
WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN
732 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH
ANY STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD
RESULT IN NUISANCE FLOODING OR ISOLATED OCCURRENCES OF FLASH
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. ANY
STORMS THAT OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON COULD BE BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY DAMAGING WIND OR FLASH FLOODING
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON.

SBH/GEOGERIAN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
623 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

KYZ044-051-052-262315-
ROWAN-BATH-FLEMING-
623 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 715
PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING...

   NORTHERN ROWAN...
   NORTHWESTERN BATH AND
   FLEMING.

AT 623 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SHARPSBURG...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...COWAN AROUND
630 PM EDT...PECKS RIDGE AROUND 635 PM EDT...POPLAR PLAINS AROUND 640
PM EDT...WALLINGFORD AROUND 645 PM EDT...MUSES MILLS AROUND 650 PM
EDT...

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP
TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS.

DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER THEN LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE A HAZARD.

ABE

Local storm report, Jul 26, 7:17 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
717 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

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

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT STERLING          38.06N 83.95W
07/26/2012                   MONTGOMERY         KY   911 CALL CENTER

            LARGE LIMB ACROSS THE ENTRANCE TO 911 CENTER ON 200 OAK
            GROVE DRIVE.

&&

TBREWER

Local storm report, Jul 26, 7:22 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
722 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

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

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N MOUNT STERLING      38.10N 83.95W
07/26/2012                   MONTGOMERY         KY   911 CALL CENTER

            BILLBOARD DAMAGED ON US 60 EAST NEAR THE 133 EXIT.

&&

TBREWER

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:25 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
725 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

KYZ051-052-060-104-106-108-270000-
MENIFEE-ROWAN-BATH-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE-
725 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 800
PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING...

   MENIFEE...
   WESTERN MORGAN...
   SOUTHERN ROWAN...
   WESTERN WOLFE...
   SOUTHEASTERN BATH AND
   SOUTHWESTERN ELLIOTT.

AT 725 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RATLITT...OR
NEAR FRENCHBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50
MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THESE AREAS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

ABE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 10:13 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	8 hr
Jul 26, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery	45 min
Jul 26, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan	29 min
Jul 26, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Montgomery, Powell	27 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.