Alert archive / Kentucky / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this winter storm warning at Dec 21, 2012, 1:19 PM EST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 5 hr. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2012, 1:19 PM EST (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2012, 5:54 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
Counties Magoffin County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 1:20 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 1 S Maytown, KY | |
| Dec 21, 1:20 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Daysboro, KY | |
| Dec 21, 1:25 PM EST | SNOW 4 | 2 S Hazel Green, KY | |
| Dec 21, 1:30 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Salyersville, KY | |
| Dec 21, 1:45 PM EST | SNOW 4.5 | 3 Ssw Ezel, KY | |
| Dec 21, 2:00 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Pomeroyton, KY | |
| Dec 21, 2:15 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Ne Red River Gorge, KY | REPORTED AT THE GLADIE CULTURAL CENTER. |
| Dec 21, 2:20 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Salyersville, KY | |
| Dec 21, 2:20 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Harper, KY | HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ESTIMATED AROUND 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST PART OF MAGOFFIN COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 483 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
389 WWUS43 KJKL 211819 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 119 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES INTO FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY... .COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST AS LATE AS EARLY THIS EVENING OVER FAR EASTERN KENTUCKY NEAR THE WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA BORDERS. A PERSISTENT INTENSE BAND OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST. KYZ068-069-079-080-083>087-116-211930- /O.CAN.KJKL.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121221T2000Z/ ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX- BELL-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET... LONDON...MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG... BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...MANCHESTER 119 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE SNOW OVER THE SOUTH HAS TAPERED OFF TO SCATTERED FLURRIES AND THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS STOPPED. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KYZ114-211930- /O.CAN.KJKL.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121222T0000Z/ OWSLEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BOONEVILLE 119 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE SNOW OVER THE SOUTH HAS TAPERED OFF TO SCATTERED FLURRIES AND THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS STOPPED. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KYZ060-106-108-109-220000- /O.UPG.KJKL.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.WS.W.0003.121221T1819Z-121222T0000Z/ MENIFEE-MORGAN-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRENCHBURG...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE 119 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A PERSISTENT INTENSE BAND OF SNOW SHOWERS...AND IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES...FURTHER LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * 2 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL IS ANTICIPATED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE WHERE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS ARE MOST PERSISTENT. * SNOW COVERED ROADS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND AREAS THAT DO NOT GET MUCH SUNSHINE WILL SEE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND LONGER TRAVEL TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. $$ KYZ044-050>052-058-059-088-104-107-110>113-115-117>120-220000- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121222T0000Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-HARLAN-ELLIOTT- JOHNSON-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN- PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK... PAINTSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN... HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE 119 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES FURTHER LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * AROUND 1 INCH OF SNOW IS ANTICIPATED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES WHERE PERSISTENT BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS OCCUR...AND ON SOME OF THE HIGHER RIDGES. THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS ON AVERAGE WILL OCCUR IN THE DEEPER RIVER VALLEY LOCATIONS. * ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK OR SNOW COVERED TODAY...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND AREAS THAT DO NOT GET MUCH SUNSHINE. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND LONGER TRAVEL TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ SHALLENBERGER
1 follow-up statement
339 WWUS43 KJKL 212254 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 554 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...LINGERING SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING... .THE STORM SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT SNOW TO MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY DURING THE DAY FRIDAY WILL DEPART TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. KYZ060-106-108-109-220000- /O.CAN.KJKL.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121222T0000Z/ MENIFEE-MORGAN-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRENCHBURG...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE 554 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER...MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL BE CAUTIOUS FOR LINGERING SLICK ROADS. $$ KYZ044-050>052-058-059-088-104-107-110>113-115-117-118-220000- /O.CAN.KJKL.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121222T0000Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-HARLAN-ELLIOTT- JOHNSON-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK... PAINTSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN... HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG 554 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER...MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL BE CAUTIOUS FOR LINGERING SLICK ROADS. $$ KYZ119-120-220000- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121222T0000Z/ MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INEZ...PIKEVILLE 554 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 2 OR 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. * ROADS MAY BE SLICK OR SNOW COVERED...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES... OVERPASSES...AND AREAS THAT DO NOT GET MUCH DIRECT SUNSHINE. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND LONGER TRAVEL TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ HAL
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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.