Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Jackson, KY

March 15, 2012Bath County, Fleming County, Montgomery County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2012, 6:32 PM EDT for Bath County, Fleming County, Montgomery County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 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: Mar 15, 2012, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bath County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Montgomery County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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
Mar 15, 6:46 PM EDT	HAIL 1	5 Nnw Mount Sterling, KY

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 14 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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 1236 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

866 
WUUS53 KJKL 152232
SVRJKL
KYC011-069-173-152315-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0048.120315T2232Z-120315T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
632 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTH CENTRAL FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 628 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
  SIDEVIEW...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT STERLING...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...JUDY...EWINGTON...STOOPS...HOWARDS
  MILL...FLAT CREEK...STEPSTONE...BETHEL...REYNOLDSVILLE...KENDALL
  SPRINGS...PRESTON...BOURBON FURNACE...SHERBURNE...ODESSA...
  CRAIGS...OLYMPIA...SLATE VALLEY...PEBBLE AND PEASTICKS.

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 3820 8361 3819 8363 3818 8361 3819 8361
      3817 8360 3816 8362 3814 8362 3813 8360
      3813 8358 3810 8357 3804 8404 3812 8408
      3818 8399 3830 8385 3832 8384 3838 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 253DEG 27KT 3815 8401
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

GEOGERIAN

3 follow-up statements

586 
WWUS53 KJKL 152250
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
650 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

KYC011-069-173-152315-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120315T2315Z/
MONTGOMERY KY-BATH KY-FLEMING KY-
650 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
FLEMING...BATH AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STOOPS...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT STERLING...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OWINGSVILLE...HOWARDS MILL...FLAT CREEK...STEPSTONE...BETHEL...
  REYNOLDSVILLE...KENDALL SPRINGS...PRESTON...SHERBURNE...BOURBON
  FURNACE...ODESSA...CRAIGS...PEBBLE...SLATE VALLEY...OLYMPIA...
  PEASTICKS...TILTON...WYOMING...GRANGE CITY AND MARSHALL.

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 3838 8369 3820 8361 3819 8363 3817 8362
      3818 8361 3817 8360 3816 8362 3814 8362
      3810 8357 3804 8403 3810 8401 3815 8401
      3818 8399 3832 8384
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 255DEG 22KT 3817 8390
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

KAS

461 
WWUS53 KJKL 152303
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
703 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

KYC011-069-173-152315-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120315T2315Z/
MONTGOMERY KY-BATH KY-FLEMING KY-
703 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
FLEMING...CENTRAL BATH AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL
715 PM EDT...

AT 702 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OWINGSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OWINGSVILLE...KENDALL SPRINGS...PRESTON...BOURBON FURNACE...
  SHERBURNE...CRAIGS...SLATE VALLEY...PEASTICKS...MARSHALL...
  ODESSA...OLYMPIA...WYOMING...POLKSVILLE...MOORE'S FERRY...PEBBLE...
  GRANGE CITY...HILLSBORO...OAKLEY AND SALT LICK.

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 3838 8369 3820 8361 3819 8363 3817 8361
      3814 8362 3810 8357 3808 8377 3807 8378
      3806 8387 3812 8389 3816 8388 3831 8382
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 253DEG 14KT 3814 8381
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

KAS

209 
WWUS53 KJKL 152319
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
719 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

KYC011-069-173-152329-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120315T2315Z/
MONTGOMERY KY-BATH KY-FLEMING KY-
719 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FLEMING...
CENTRAL BATH AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3838 8369 3820 8361 3819 8363 3817 8361
      3814 8362 3810 8357 3808 8377 3807 8378
      3806 8387 3812 8389 3816 8388 3831 8382
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 253DEG 14KT 3814 8381

$$

KAS

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 Mar 15, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
400 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

.SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...UPDATED

ITS SUMMERTIME IN MARCH...WITH SLOW MOVING POORLY ORGANIZED PULSE
TYPE CONVECTION TAKING PLACE. IT TOOK ON AN MCS TYPE STRUCTURE LATE
LATE LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING...BUT THIS BROKE DOWN WITH SURFACE
HEATING AND ADDITIONAL SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT DURING THE DAY...WHICH
IS NOW ONGOING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BECAUSE OF MOIST FLOW OFF THE GULF OCCURRING
UNDERNEATH WEAK SHORTWAVES AND COLD TEMPS ALOFT. SURFACE BASED LIFTED
INDICIES WERE RUNNING FROM -3 TO -6 OVER THE JKL FORECAST AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT WEAK SHEAR WAS PREVENTING ANYTHING MORE THAN MARGINAL
SEVERE HAIL REPORTS. HOWEVER...THE WEAK FLOW WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

ONE CONCENTRATED AREA OF CONVECTION WAS OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE
FORECAST AREA AT MID AFTERNOON...AND ANOTHER AREA OVER WESTERN
KENTUCKY. WILL EXPECT A DECREASE IN COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOSS OF HEATING. THE SHORTWAVE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
WESTERN KENTUCKY ACTIVITY IS SHOWN BY BOTH THE GFS AND NAM TO MOVE
EAST AND POSSIBLY AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY THE
NORTH. HAVE USED LIKELY POPS THERE...AND CHANCE TO THE SOUTH. THE
PASSING OF THE SAME WAVE BRINGS A LIKELIHOOD OF PRECIP TO THE REST OF
THE AREA ON FRIDAY. AS THE WAVE SHIFTS EAST AND HEATING IS LOST ON
FRIDAY NIGHT...WANING OF THE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED. SHEAR WILL AGAIN
BE WEAK ON FRIDAY...SO THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD NOT BE ANY GREATER
THAN TODAY. THE BIGGEST THREAT LOOKS TO BE HAIL FROM PULSE STORMS
ONCE AGAIN...SHOULD ENOUGH DESTABILIZATION BE ABLE TO TAKE PLACE.

.LONG TERM.../SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...UPDATED

THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD BEGINS ON SATURDAY WITH AN ACTIVE
MERIDIONAL PATTERN IN PLACE. THIS SUMMER LIKE PATTERN FEATURES A
500MB RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST WITH A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN
US. WHILE THE MODELS SEEM TO HAVE THE LONGWAVE PATTERN DOWN...THE
ACTUAL PROGRESSION OF THE WEAK SHORTWAVES AND SIGNIFICANT FEATURES
ARE LESS CONSISTENT TO SAY THE LEAST. WILL EXUDE A LOW CONFIDENCE IN
THE EXTENDED FORECAST DUE TO THIS PATTERN.

WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW FROM 500MB TO THE SURFACE...EXPECTING A DEEP
MOIST FLOW FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED. THE UPPER LEVELS WILL FEATURE
SOME WEAK DISTURBANCES RIDING UP OVER THE RIDGE...KEEP THE OHIO
VALLEY IN AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTEN WITH CHANCE POPS PRETTY MUCH
THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE EXTENDED. THE BULK OF THE SHOWERS AND
STORMS WILL BE ON A DIURNAL TYPE PATTERN...PULSING WITH THE HEAT OF
THE DAY. THE RIDGE WILL REBOUND BY TUESDAY GIVING A BRIEF REPRIEVE
IN THE PRECIP BEFORE ANOTHER FRONT DEVELOPS AND MOVES EAST INTO THE
OHIO VALLEY.

OVERALL...THE EXTENDED INITIALIZATION PROVIDED SOME CHANCE POPS FROM
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE
WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE WITH MAX TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE
NORMAL...REACHING THE UPPER 70S INTO THE LOW 80S.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 138 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONGOING EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON...AND SHOWING AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE WITH PASSING TIME AS
HEATING AND DESTABILIZATION OCCURRED. HOWEVER...THE MOST FAVORED
AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT WAS SHOWING AN EASTWARD DRIFT. THE STRONGEST
STORMS CONTAINED SMALL HAIL. WILL LOOK FOR A DECREASE IN
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AS COOLING OCCURS...WITH ANOTHER INCREASE
DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. ANY STORM COULD BRING LOCALIZED IFR...BUT
MOSTLY VFR IS EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...HAL
LONG TERM...SHALLENBERGER
AVIATION...HAL

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 5:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
523 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-161200-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
523 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOME LOCATIONS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL
CONTAIN HAIL...WITH THE LARGEST HAIL AROUND QUARTER SIZE OR A BIT
LARGER.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AT TIMES...MAINLY FROM FRIDAY INTO THE DAY
MONDAY...AND ALSO ON WEDNESDAY. THE GREATEST PROBABILITY IS ON
FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCE OF HAIL TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY.

HAL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 6:04 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
604 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

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

0550 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 S WARBRANCH           36.96N 83.45W
03/15/2012                   LESLIE             KY   911 CALL CENTER

            FLASH FLOODING ALONG HWY 1780 AND 2058 WITH REPORTS OF
            SOME STRUCTURES DAMAGED BY FLOOD WATERS.

&&

ABE

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 6:16 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
616 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

KYZ086-087-116-152300-
KNOX-BELL-CLAY-
616 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 700
PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING...

   CENTRAL KNOX...
   CENTRAL BELL AND
   EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CLAY.

AT 616 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SWANPOND...OR
NEAR BARBOURVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...BOONE HEIGHTS
AROUND 625 PM EDT...YEAGER AROUND 630 PM EDT...BAUGHMAN AROUND 635 PM
EDT...OLD FLAT LICK AROUND 640 PM EDT...FOURMILE AROUND 645 PM EDT...

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

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY.

GEOGERIAN

Local storm report, Mar 15, 6:17 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
617 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

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

0616 PM     HAIL             BARBOURVILLE            36.87N 83.88W
03/15/2012  E0.50 INCH       KNOX               KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS HALF INCH HAIL FALLING.

&&

JJ

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 6:20 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
620 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

KYZ058-069-111-152300-
ESTILL-JACKSON-LEE-
620 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 700
PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING...

   NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON...
   WEST CENTRAL LEE AND
   SOUTHERN ESTILL.

AT 620 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HISEL...OR 10
MILES NORTH OF MCKEE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...JINKS AROUND
625 PM EDT...BLANTON FLATS AROUND 630 PM EDT...DRIP ROCK AROUND 640
PM EDT...WAGERSVILLE AROUND 645 PM EDT...ALUMBAUGH AROUND 650 PM
EDT...

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP
TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS.

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY.

GEOGERIAN

Local storm report, Mar 15, 6:22 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
622 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

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

0621 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 N BLEDSOE             36.98N 83.37W
03/15/2012                   LESLIE             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BRIDGE ON THE HOLLOW ROAD IS UNDER WATER COVERED WITH
            DEBRIS. SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE
            BRIDGE.

&&

JJ

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 6:27 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
627 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-106-152315-
MENIFEE-MONTGOMERY-POWELL-ROWAN-BATH-ESTILL-FLEMING-MORGAN-
627 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
THROUGH 715 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING...

   MENIFEE...
   MONTGOMERY...
   EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MORGAN...
   NORTHERN POWELL...
   WESTERN ROWAN...
   BATH...
   EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ESTILL AND
   FLEMING.

AT 628 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRVIEW TO POWELL
VALLEY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CYNTHIANA TO 10 MILES WEST OF STANTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...WALTERSVILLE
AROUND 635 PM EDT...UPPER SPENCER AROUND 640 PM EDT...WALKERS
CROSSING AROUND 645 PM EDT...MEANS AROUND 650 PM EDT...WYOMING AROUND
655 PM EDT...

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP
TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS.

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY.

GEOGERIAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 5:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, Whitley	40 min
Mar 15, 5:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox	43 min
Mar 15, 6:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox	26 min
Mar 15, 1:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Pike	3 hr
Mar 15, 1:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Perry and 1 more	3 hr
Mar 15, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knott	42 min
Mar 15, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Owsley	38 min
Mar 15, 2:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Pike	3 hr
Mar 15, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Leslie, Perry	39 min
Mar 15, 3:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more	3 hr
Mar 15, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Leslie, Perry	46 min
Mar 15, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	59 min
Mar 15, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie	53 min
Mar 15, 5:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	3 hr
Mar 15, 5:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Harlan, Leslie	4 hr
Mar 15, 5:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Lee	2 hr
Mar 15, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee	36 min
Mar 15, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell	41 min
Mar 15, 6:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee	3 hr
Mar 15, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Wayne	46 min
Mar 15, 6:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	3 hr
Mar 15, 7:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	3 hr
Mar 15, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	43 min
Mar 15, 7:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie	3 hr
Mar 15, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell	26 min
Mar 15, 7:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Menifee	2 hr
Mar 15, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	49 min

Nearby

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.