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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Jackson, KY

July 27, 20126 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2012, 8:24 PM EDT for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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 27, 2012, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Estill County, KY, Lee County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Powell County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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 27, 8:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Means, KY	ONE TREE DOWN ON 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 11 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 27, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -237 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

369 
WUUS53 KJKL 280024
SVRJKL
KYC065-129-165-173-197-237-280100-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0194.120728T0024Z-120728T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
824 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ESTILL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  POWELL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN WOLFE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 818 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 WADES MILL...OR 7 MILES
  EAST OF WINCHESTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  IRVINE...STANTON...CAMPTON...CRESSY...IRON MOUND...FOX...
  WESTBEND...LEVEE...GATEWOODS STATION...HARGETT...RICE STATION...
  WISEMAN CROSSING STATION...VIRDEN...KIMBRELL...SANDHILL...SPOUT
  SPRINGS...CAMARGO...COONS STATION...POWELL VALLEY AND WEEDON.

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 3813 8397 3775 8350 3757 8385 3774 8410
      3775 8409 3778 8411 3780 8408 3780 8412
      3782 8413 3785 8409 3783 8407 3785 8406
      3784 8402 3787 8403 3787 8400 3794 8398
      3812 8408 3814 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 290DEG 40KT 3799 8398
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

ABE

3 follow-up statements

409 
WWUS53 KJKL 280040
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
840 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

KYC065-129-165-173-197-237-280100-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0194.000000T0000Z-120728T0100Z/
MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-POWELL KY-WOLFE KY-LEE KY-ESTILL KY-
840 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ESTILL...
NORTHWESTERN LEE...NORTHWESTERN WOLFE...POWELL...MONTGOMERY AND
SOUTHWESTERN MENIFEE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 837 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 RED RIVER GORGE TO KNOWLTON TO FOX...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  IRVINE...CAMPTON...PITTS...COBHILL...COW CREEK...ROGERS...PATSEY...
  WISEMANTOWN...SOUTH IRVINE...RAVENNA...STANDING ROCK...TORRENT...
  LEECO...DOE CREEK...HIGH FALLS...ZACHARIAH...PRYSE...WHISMAN...
  GREELEY AND FIXER.

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.

WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3813 8397 3775 8350 3757 8385 3774 8410
      3775 8409 3778 8411 3780 8408 3780 8412
      3782 8413 3785 8409 3783 8407 3785 8406
      3784 8402 3787 8403 3787 8400 3794 8398
      3812 8408 3814 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 310DEG 55KT 3780 8355 3774 8381
          3771 8406
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$
JJ

547 
WWUS53 KJKL 280046
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
846 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

KYC065-129-165-173-197-237-280100-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0194.000000T0000Z-120728T0100Z/
MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-POWELL KY-WOLFE KY-LEE KY-ESTILL KY-
846 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ESTILL...
NORTHWESTERN LEE...NORTHWESTERN WOLFE...POWELL...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY
AND SOUTHWESTERN MENIFEE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 842 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 CALABOOSE TO FURNACE TO WINSTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  IRVINE...CAMPTON...RICE STATION...PINE RIDGE...WEST IRVINE...WILLOW
  TREE...PITTS...COBHILL...COW CREEK...ROGERS...WISEMANTOWN...
  PATSEY...RAVENNA...SOUTH IRVINE...STANDING ROCK...LEECO...
  TORRENT...HIGH FALLS...ZACHARIAH AND DOE CREEK.

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.

WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3802 8384 3775 8350 3757 8385 3774 8410
      3775 8409 3778 8411 3780 8408 3780 8412
      3782 8413 3785 8409 3783 8407 3785 8406
      3784 8402 3787 8403 3787 8400 3794 8398
      3800 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 298DEG 26KT 3779 8353 3774 8379
          3771 8404
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

JACOBSON

008 
WWUS53 KJKL 280059
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
859 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

KYC065-129-165-173-197-237-280109-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0194.000000T0000Z-120728T0100Z/
MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-POWELL KY-WOLFE KY-LEE KY-ESTILL KY-
859 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ESTILL...NORTHWESTERN LEE...
NORTHWESTERN WOLFE...POWELL...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHWESTERN
MENIFEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM EDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3802 8384 3775 8350 3757 8385 3774 8410
      3775 8409 3778 8411 3780 8408 3780 8412
      3782 8413 3785 8409 3783 8407 3785 8406
      3784 8402 3787 8403 3787 8400 3794 8398
      3800 8401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 298DEG 26KT 3774 8343 3769 8369
          3767 8394

$$

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 27, 7:33 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 7:33 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
733 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 734 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

TSTMS MOVING INTO THE BLUEGRASS NOW AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WITH A
HISTORY OF WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. HAVE RAISED A SVR TSTM WATCH
OVER NERN KY THRU 3 A.M. SATURDAY AND THE CURRENT FFA LOOKS GOOD.
UPDATED PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 308 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

HEAVIEST RAIN YESTERDAY AFFECTED THE FAR NORTHERN PART OF THE
FORECAST AREA...WHERE LOCALLY CLOSE TO 3 INCHES FELL. AS A RESULT 1
HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IN THIS AREA HAS DROPPED TO NEAR 1 INCH.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MAINLY
AFFECT THE NORTH AGAIN THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. GOES SOUNDER DATA
SHOWS PRECIPITABLE WATER AROUND 1.5 INCHES...WHICH IS THE 75TH
PERCENTILE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THIS IS NOT AS HIGH AS THIS MORNING
WHEN SOUNDER DATA SHOWED AROUND 2 INCHES BUT IT IS STILL OF CONCERN.
THE NAM PW FORECAST SEEMS TO BE HANDLING THIS PRETTY WELL...AND STILL
FEEL UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO. WILL
CONTINUE WITH FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR BATH...FLEMING...ROWAN AND
ELLIOTT COUNTIES THROUGH 4 AM SATURDAY.

OTHER CONCERN IS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. WHILE MID LEVEL DRYING HAS
DECREASED THE OVERALL PRECIPITABLE WATER IT HAS ALSO INCREASED THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST POTENTIAL. FAIRLY STRONG SHORT WAVE
TROF APPARENT ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY WILL SWING THROUGH THE GREAT
LAKES AND OH VALLEY TONIGHT. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH SURFACE COLD
FRONT IS ALREADY RESULTING IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL
INDIANA. WHILE MOST OF THIS CONVECTION WILL BE MOVING INTO
OH...VISIBLE SATELLITE IS SHOWING BUILDING CU FROM SOUTHERN IL BACK
INTO MO...AND EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP FURTHER TO THE SOUTH
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

EARLY MORNING CONVECTION AND CLOUD HAS REDUCED DESTABILIZATION IN
EASTERN KY SO FAR TODAY...BUT GOES SOUNDER DATA SHOWS DESTABILIZATION
INCREASING ACROSS CENTRAL KY. AS WAS THE CASE YESTERDAY IT APPEARS THE
WINDOW FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL MAINLY BE LIMITED TO EVENING HOURS.

MODEL CONSENSUS IS TO KEEP A LOW CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN OUR FAR SOUTHEAST FOR SATURDAY.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 333 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

THE PERIOD WILL BEGIN WITH AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE RIDGE CENTERED OVER
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS REGION WITH A SHORTWAVE TROUGH ALONG THE EASTERN
SEABOARD. THE CENTER OF THE RIDGE WILL RETROGRADE A BIT TOWARD THE
WEST BY MON INTO TUE AND GENERALLY REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK. THIS WILL LEAVE THE REGION IN GENERAL NW FLOW ALOFT
BETWEEN THIS RIDGE AND THE MEAN TROUGHING ALONG THE EASTERN
SEABOARD. THE ECMWF AND GFS AND GFS ENSEMBLE ARE IN GENERAL OVERALL
AGREEMENT WITH THIS PATTERN...ALTHOUGH BY THE END OF THE PERIOD...THE
12GFS IS A BIT MORE AMPLIFIED OVERALL AND THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN HAS A
LITTLE STRONGER WITH THE RIDGE. PERIODIC DISTURBANCES IN THE NW FLOW
THAT AT TIMES MAY REINFORCE THE MEAN TROUGH NEAR THE EASTERN SEABOARD
FROM TIME TO TIME. AT THE SFC...HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE TO BEGIN
THE PERIOD WITH THE SFC RIDGE SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE
AREA BY MON.

THIS SCENARIO WILL LEAD TO THE THREAT OF GENERALLY DIURNAL CONVECTION.
MCS NOCTURNAL CONVECTION WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. CONFIDENCE IN TIMING
OF THE THE GREATEST THREAT OF NOCTURNAL CONVECTION IS NOT THAT HIGH...
ALTHOUGH SOME MODEL RUNS TO POINT TOWARD SOME OF THIS POSSIBLY OCCURRING
ON MON NIGHT. ONE OF THE STRONGER SHORTWAVES IN THE NW FLOW SHOULD
PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO THE OHIO VALLEY REGION AT MIDWEEK WHERE IT MAY
STALL AND BECOME DIFFUSE LATE IN THE PERIOD. SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE
POPS WERE USED FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD FROM MONDAY ON.

AS FOR TEMPS...MAX TEMPS SHOULD AVERAGE NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE
PERIOD...WITH THE GREATEST DEPARTURE...SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL...IN
OVERNIGHT LOWS FROM TUE NIGHT ON.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 734 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

TSTMS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NERN KY AT ISSUANCE
WITH HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE SE OVER THE FIRST HALF OF THE NIGHT AND JKL STANDS
THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING IMPACTS FROM THESE...WITH TEMPO IFR
POSSIBLE THROUGH 04Z. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT STORMS WILL DIMINISH
BY THE TIME THEY WOULD REACH LOZ AND SME...AND WILL ADVERTISE VC
GROUPS THERE THROUGH THE FIRST 6 HRS OF THE PERIOD.

FOG WILL BE A CHALLENGE TONIGHT BUT WILL HEDGE THAT JKL WILL SEE A
PERIOD OF IFR TOWARDS DAWN...IF NOT WORSE...GIVEN THE ANTICIPATED
RAINS. WINDS MAY STAY UP ENOUGH OVERNIGHT TO KEEP THE REMAINING TAF
SITES MIXED AND FREE OF ANY RESTRICTIONS FROM FOG UNLESS THEY SEE
APPRECIABLE RAINS.

THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA AFTER 12Z WITH
SOME LINGERING SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER FAR SERN KY DURING THE MORNING.
OTHERWISE...VFR SHOULD RETURN TO THE TERMINALS AFTER 18Z AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.

&&

.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR KYZ044-051-052-104.

&&

UPDATE...MB
SHORT TERM...SBH
LONG TERM....JP
AVIATION...MB

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 7:33 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
733 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

KYZ044-051-052-104-290245-
FLEMING-BATH-ROWAN-ELLIOTT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...
SANDY HOOK
733 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT SATURDAY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 534 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AND A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE.
THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING
TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

KYZ050-058>060-106>109-111-119-290245-
MONTGOMERY-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE-
MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT STERLING...IRVINE...STANTON...
FRENCHBURG...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...
BEATTYVILLE...INEZ
733 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 534 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...AND A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA
BORDER ON SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM MONDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

KYZ068-069-079-080-083>088-110-112>118-120-290245-
ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-
HARLAN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...
MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...
MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...
HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...
PIKEVILLE
733 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...AND A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA
BORDER ON SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM MONDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

SBH/MB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 27, 5:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
534 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

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

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LEVEE                   37.97N 83.94W
07/26/2012                   MONTGOMERY         KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE LEVEE COMMUNITY ALONG HWY 11
            AND 646.

0738 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JEFFERSONVILLE          37.97N 83.83W
07/26/2012                   MONTGOMERY         KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN ON A HIGH TENSION POWER LINE ALONG
            HWY 460.

&&

ABE

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 7:44 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
744 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

KYZ050-051-059-060-280015-
MENIFEE-MONTGOMERY-POWELL-BATH-
744 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 815
PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING...

   NORTHWESTERN MENIFEE...
   MONTGOMERY...
   NORTHWESTERN POWELL AND
   BATH.

AT 744 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHARPSBURG...
OR 13 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT STERLING...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH IN THESE AREAS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

ABE

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 8:19 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
819 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

KYZ050-051-058>060-108-111-280100-
MENIFEE-MONTGOMERY-POWELL-BATH-ESTILL-WOLFE-LEE-
819 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 900
PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING...

   SOUTHWESTERN MENIFEE...
   MONTGOMERY...
   POWELL...
   NORTHWESTERN WOLFE...
   NORTH CENTRAL LEE...
   SOUTHWESTERN BATH AND
   ESTILL.

AT 819 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT
STERLING...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45
MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THESE AREAS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT
SATURDAY 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 27, 8:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe	40 min
Jul 27, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin	52 min
Jul 27, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee	30 min
Jul 27, 11:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle	2 hr
Jul 27, 11:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	44 min
Jul 27, 11:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	49 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2012 Every severe thunderstorm 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.