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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Jackson, KY

May 21, 2013Breathitt County, Lee County, Owsley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2013, 5:18 PM EDT for Breathitt County, Lee County, Owsley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2013, 5:18 PM EDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2013, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Breathitt County, KY, Lee County, KY, Owsley County, KY

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 21, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 May 21, 4:28 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 4:28 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 11:40 AM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1140 AM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-221100-
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-
1140 AM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING COULD BECOME STRONG AND
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ONE OR TWO
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

SOME OF THE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...AND
PRODUCE GUSTY OR DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
POSSIBLY HAIL.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

JP/JJ

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 21, 4:54 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 21, 4:56 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 21, 4:57 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 21, 5:11 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 21, 5:14 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 21, 5:16 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Wayne	56 min
May 21, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	46 min
May 21, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	39 min
May 21, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley	51 min
May 21, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, Whitley	26 min
May 21, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	32 min
May 21, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox and 4 more	51 min
May 21, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Powell	28 min
May 21, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Lee, Owsley	24 min
May 21, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 3 more	42 min
May 21, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Morgan, Owsley, Wolfe	35 min
May 21, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Owsley and 1 more	33 min
May 21, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Pike	53 min
May 21, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Elliott, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe	43 min
May 21, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	43 min
May 21, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan	40 min
May 21, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin and 2 more	49 min
May 21, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Martin, Pike	43 min
May 21, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan and 1 more	43 min
May 21, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Letcher, Martin, Pike	45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.