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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY

January 30, 20135 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 30, 2013, 8:37 AM EST for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 53 min. 2 reports 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: Jan 30, 2013, 8:37 AM EST (13:37 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 9:30 AM EST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Floyd County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Martin County, KY, Pike County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:37 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
Jan 30, 8:50 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Betsy Layne, KY	POWER POLE BLOWN DOWN IN STANVILLE.
Jan 30, 9:15 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Chloe, KY	TREE DOWN ON HWY 1460.

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 13 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
Jan 30, 5:51 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 230 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 725 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 925 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

295 
WUUS53 KJKL 301337
SVRJKL
KYC071-115-119-159-195-301430-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0013.130130T1337Z-130130T1430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
837 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  EASTERN KNOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 930 AM EST

* AT 833 AM EST...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 PAINTSVILLE TO PRESTONSBURG TO HINDMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 
  50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INEZ...PIKEVILLE...WELLS CHAPEL...GARRET...CHESTNUT...KITE...PORTER
  JUNCTION...EASTERN...ESTILL...LANGLEY...HAMMOND...RAVEN...ODDS...
  GLO...PUNCHEON...ALPHORETTA...MARTIN...TOPMOST...WAYLAND AND CORN
  FORK HOLLOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE WITH LITTLE IF 
ANY THUNER AND LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER 
BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY 
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASSIONALY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN
ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3727 8234 3728 8298 3761 8281 3791 8272
      3789 8261 3792 8261 3796 8256 3795 8250
      3788 8241 3783 8240 3777 8232 3774 8232
      3768 8229 3767 8224 3763 8221 3765 8218
      3760 8215 3759 8212 3756 8213 3755 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 1336Z 264DEG 42KT 3791 8270 3767 8275
          3746 8286
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

ABE

3 follow-up statements

190 
WWUS53 KJKL 301359
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
859 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

KYC115-119-301409-
/O.CAN.KJKL.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T1430Z/
JOHNSON KY-KNOTT KY-
859 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN KNOTT AND SOUTHEASTERN
JOHNSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3727 8234 3728 8273 3729 8271 3731 8275
      3735 8276 3747 8269 3755 8258 3790 8244
      3783 8240 3777 8232 3768 8229 3767 8224
      3763 8221 3765 8218 3760 8215 3759 8212
      3756 8213 3755 8198 3754 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 253DEG 44KT 3791 8232 3757 8246
          3724 8271

$$

KYC071-159-195-301430-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T1430Z/
MARTIN KY-PIKE KY-FLOYD KY-
859 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
FLOYD...PIKE AND EASTERN MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 930 AM EST...

AT 856 AM EST...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 HODE TO ZEBULON TO DEANE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. ALTHOUGH VERY 
LITTLE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING IN THESE STORMS...THEY STILL POSE A 
RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PIKEVILLE...VARNEY...HATFIELD STATION...META...ZEBULON...HEISEY...
  CONDER...RURAL...WHITEPOST...VIRGIE...JONANCY...CHLOE...SIDNEY...
  SHELBIANA...MYRA...RACCOON...TURKEY CREEK...CANADA...GARDEN VILLAGE
  AND SOUTH WILLIAMSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3727 8234 3728 8273 3729 8271 3731 8275
      3735 8276 3747 8269 3755 8258 3790 8244
      3783 8240 3777 8232 3768 8229 3767 8224
      3763 8221 3765 8218 3760 8215 3759 8212
      3756 8213 3755 8198 3754 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 253DEG 44KT 3791 8232 3757 8246
          3724 8271
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

KAS

539 
WWUS53 KJKL 301421
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
921 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

KYC071-159-301431-
/O.CAN.KJKL.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T1430Z/
MARTIN KY-FLOYD KY-
921 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD AND EASTERN
MARTIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3727 8234 3728 8264 3734 8259 3744 8248
      3756 8244 3772 8230 3768 8229 3767 8224
      3763 8221 3765 8218 3760 8215 3759 8212
      3756 8213 3755 8198 3754 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 1421Z 245DEG 43KT 3766 8220 3748 8232
          3727 8250

$$

KYC195-301430-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T1430Z/
PIKE KY-
921 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PIKE COUNTY
UNTIL 930 AM EST...

AT 915 AM EST...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 BELFRY TO FISHTRAP LAKE TO SHELBY GAP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 
MPH. ALTHOUGH VERY LITTLE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING IN THESE 
STORMS...THEY STILL POSE A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PHYLLIS...BUSKIRK...BELCHER...BIGGS...BOARD TREE...ELKHORN CITY...
  COLEMAN...PHELPS...FEDSCREEK...MOUTHCARD...JAMBOREE...MAJESTIC...
  TOONERVILLE...WOODMAN...ARGO AND CEDARVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3727 8234 3728 8264 3734 8259 3744 8248
      3756 8244 3772 8230 3768 8229 3767 8224
      3763 8221 3765 8218 3760 8215 3759 8212
      3756 8213 3755 8198 3754 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 1421Z 245DEG 43KT 3766 8220 3748 8232
          3727 8250
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

KAS

408 
WWUS53 KJKL 301430
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
930 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

KYC195-301441-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T1430Z/
PIKE KY-
930 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PIKE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3727 8234 3728 8264 3734 8259 3744 8248
      3756 8244 3772 8230 3768 8229 3767 8224
      3763 8221 3765 8218 3760 8215 3759 8212
      3756 8213 3755 8198 3754 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 1421Z 245DEG 43KT 3766 8220 3748 8232
          3727 8250

$$

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 Jan 30, 6:37 AM EST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 6:37 AM EST, 2 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
637 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 637 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

UPDATED THE GRIDS AND ZONE FORECAST TEXT PRODUCT TO INCLUDE TORNADO
WATCHES 15 AND 17.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 250 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

THE FOCUS OF THE FIRST THREE PERIOD OF THE FORECAST WILL BE THE
EVOLUTION AND EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS WESTERN
KENTUCKY...INDIANA...AND WESTERN TENNESSEE. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WAYNE...PULASKI...ROCKCASTLE...POWELL...
BATH...AND FLEMING COUNTIES BETWEEN 6 AND 7 AM TODAY. THESE STORMS
HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 55 AND 75 MPH IN
INDIANA SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL
THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGHOUT THE DAY
TODAY...WITH WHATS LEFT OF THE LINE EXITING THE AREA INTO VIRGINIA
AND WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT
WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
FROM THESE STORMS COULD ALSO LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...
ESPECIALLY IF MULTIPLE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS. THE
FORECAST MODELS HAVE ALL BEEN TOO SLOW IN THEIR EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF
THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS...SO THE FORECAST GRIDS HAVE BEEN
UPDATED TO REFLECT THE REAL TIME TRENDS...WHICH HAS THE STORMS
MOVING INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY ABOUT 3 HOURS FASTER THAN THE MODEL
DATA IS SUGGESTING.

THE OTHER CONCERN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AND
THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY WILL BE STRONG WINDS THAT WILL BE OCCURRING
OUTSIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. WITH WINDS BLOWING AS HIGH AS 50-60KTS
AT 2.5-3K ABOVE THE SURFACE...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR 35-45
MPH WINDS TO REACH THE GROUND ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE HIGHER
RIDGES ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE WINDS AND
GUSTS IN THE HIGHEST TERRAIN COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 TO 55 MPH AT
TIMES. A SERIES OF WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO ADDRESS THESE
STRONG WINDS AND WILL BE IN AFFECT THROUGH 10PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
RESPECTIVELY. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS
EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS.

TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO LATE THIS
MORNING...AS SOUTHERLY FLOW ALSO CONTINUES TO INCREASE. TODAYS HIGHS
WILL BE IN THE MID TO EVEN UPPER 60S ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF THE
APPROACHING FRONT. TODAYS HIGHS WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE
TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO DECREASE AS THE FRONT PASSES BY. ONCE THE FRONT
PASSES THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY AFTER ROUGHLY 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...
TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 40S.

ANOTHER COLD CANADIAN AIR MASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 20S EXPECTED AND HIGHS ONLY IN
THE MID TO UPPER 30S ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION BEHIND THE DEPARTING
FRONT WILL MIX WITH AND THEN CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW LATER TONIGHT...AS
THE COLD AIR SPILLS INTO THE REGION. LITTLE IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 250 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

THE LONG TERM PERIOD CONTINUES TO BE BUSY...WITH A NUMBER OF WX
MAKERS. HOWEVER...MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED THROUGHOUT THE TIME
FRAME...SO ONLY LIGHT AMOUNTS OF PRECIP ARE EXPECTED WITH ANY GIVEN
SYSTEM. TAKING THE ACTIVE AND RAPID FLOW REGIME INTO ACCOUNT...
MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT.

THE FIRST SYSTEM IS AN IMPULSE ROTATING THROUGH THE LARGER SCALE
EASTERN CONUS TROUGH...ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER COLD FRONT WITH A
REINFORCING PUSH OF COLD AIR. THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT AND SHOULD BE COLD ENOUGH FOR PRECIP TO FALL AS SNOW. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWING PLENTIFUL LOW-MID LEVEL MOISTURE...WITH STEEP
LAPSE RATES EXTENDING AT LEAST UP TO THE -10C LEVEL...AND MOISTURE
EXTENDING INTO THE INVERSION ABOVE. THAT BEING THE CASE...IT LOOKS
LIKE A COMBINATION OF SNOW SHOWERS AND STRATIFORM LIGHT SNOW.
INHERITED LIKELY POPS ARE STILL WARRANTED...AND WILL RAISE TO
70 PERCENT IN THE FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS NEAR THE VA BORDER.

YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS SLATED FOR SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
THIS TIME THERE COULD BE ENOUGH WARM AIR ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE
FRONT FOR PRECIP TO FALL AT LEAST PARTLY AS RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN OUR
SOUTHERN COUNTIES. WILL CONTINUE WITH JUST CHANCE POPS AT THIS
POINT...DUE TO MORE UNCERTAINTY AT THE LONGER FORECAST TIME...AND
THE 12Z 1-29-2013 RUN OF THE ECMWF SHOWING ONLY VERY LIGHT PRECIP
COMPARED TO THE 00Z 1-30-2013 GFS.

A THIRD COLD FRONT IS SHOWN TO APPROACH MONDAY AND PASS MONDAY
NIGHT. WITH STILL MORE TIME TO LAPSE BEFORE THE EVENT...AND THIS
TIME THE 00Z 1-30-2013 RUN OF THE GFS BEING VERY LIGHT WITH PRECIP
COMPARED TO THE 12Z 1-29-2013 ECMWF...WILL ONLY USE 20-30 PERCENT
POPS. MODELS DO AGREE ON ENOUGH WARMING FOR PRIMARILY RAIN WITH THIS
THIRD SYSTEM.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 630 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

THE PRIMARY CONCERNS DURING FOR THE TAF SITES WILL BE THE EVOLUTION
AND PROGRESS OF A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND STRONG
NON-THUNDERSTORM WINDS. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH LOZ AND
SME BETWEEN 7 AND 9 AM TODAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THE STORMS. STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE OUTSIDE ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AS WELL...PARTICULARLY AFTER
17Z. JKL WILL SEE THE STORMS BETWEEN 9 AND 11 AM WITH THE SAME
THREATS POSSIBLE. RAIN SHOWERS WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW
BETWEEN 6 AND 8Z TONIGHT. MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TO MVFR THIS AFTERNOON AFTER THE STORMS HAVE
MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE AGAIN AFTER
7Z...AS SNOW SHOWERS BEGIN TO FALL IN THE COLDER AIR BEHIND A
DEPARTING COLD FRONT.

&&

.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR KYZ044-050>052-
058>060-068-069-079-080-083>085.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR KYZ087-088-118-120.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR KYZ086-104-106>117-
119.

&&

UPDATE...AR
SHORT TERM...AR
LONG TERM....HAL
AVIATION...AR

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 7:30 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
730 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>085-311530-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG
730 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...TORNADO WATCH 17 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN
KENTUCKY TODAY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE WINDS OUTSIDE THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GUST TO AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50
MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING AS WELL.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH
ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE OR FLOODING
TO THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE.

KYZ086-104-106>117-119-311530-
KNOX-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...
PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...
JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ
730 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...TORNADO WATCH 17 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN
KENTUCKY TODAY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE WINDS OUTSIDE THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GUST TO AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50
MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING AS WELL.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH
ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE OR FLOODING
TO THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE.

KYZ087-088-118-120-311530-
BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE
730 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...TORNADO WATCH 17 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN
KENTUCKY TODAY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE WINDS OUTSIDE THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GUST TO AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50
MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING AS WELL.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH
ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE OR FLOODING
TO THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE.

AR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 30, 8:23 AM EST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
823 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0724 AM     TSTM WND DMG     COGSWELL                38.10N 83.49W
01/30/2013                   ROWAN              KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 801.

&&

JCARICO

Local storm report, Jan 30, 8:25 AM EST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
825 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0730 AM     TSTM WND DMG     6 NE MOREHEAD           38.25N 83.36W
01/30/2013                   ROWAN              KY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN ON US 60 EAST.

&&

JCARICO

Local storm report, Jan 30, 8:29 AM EST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
829 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0803 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WOOTON                  37.18N 83.30W
01/30/2013                   LESLIE             KY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 80.

&&

JCARICO

Local storm report, Jan 30, 8:33 AM EST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
833 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0830 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 N HINDMAN             37.41N 82.98W
01/30/2013  M58 MPH          KNOTT              KY   MESONET

            RECORDED FROM KNOTT COUNTY MESONET STATION.

&&

ABE

Local storm report, Jan 30, 8:34 AM EST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
834 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0740 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WHITLEY CITY            36.72N 84.48W
01/30/2013                   MCCREARY           KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS ALMOST ALL COUNTY ROADS HAVE
            BEEN BLOCKED BECAUSE OF DOWNED TREES.

&&

JCARICO

Local storm report, Jan 30, 8:36 AM EST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
836 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0724 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BOONEVILLE              37.48N 83.68W
01/30/2013                   OWSLEY             KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY.

&&

JCARICO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 30, 5:44 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	46 min
Jan 30, 6:22 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, Whitley	53 min
Jan 30, 6:28 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	32 min
Jan 30, 6:41 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Owsley and 3 more	49 min
Jan 30, 6:42 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan	48 min
Jan 30, 6:50 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle	40 min
Jan 30, 7:04 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley	41 min
Jan 30, 7:15 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Menifee, Montgomery, Powell	30 min
Jan 30, 7:26 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan	49 min
Jan 30, 7:28 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley and 3 more	47 min
Jan 30, 7:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knott and 6 more	45 min
Jan 30, 8:01 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more	44 min
Jan 30, 8:04 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin and 1 more	41 min
Jan 30, 8:12 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	63 min
Jan 30, 8:43 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike	47 min
Jan 30, 11:58 AM EST	Flood Watch	JKL	Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson and 12 more	12 hr
Jan 30, 2:08 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 4 more	6 hr
Jan 30, 3:15 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Letcher	18 hr
Jan 30, 3:40 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Knox, Whitley	24 hr
Jan 30, 5:39 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Magoffin and 2 more	16 hr
Jan 30, 5:54 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike	6 hr

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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.