Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT for Johnson County, Magoffin County, Martin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 60 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
- Jun 9, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2013, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Johnson County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1293 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 9, 4:25 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 4:25 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 425 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 318 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013 STRONG 500MB CUT OFF LOW REMAINS OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WARM AIR FLOWING UP FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CONUS /FOLLOWING THE LEE SIDE OF THE 500MB TROUGHING PATTERN/. CONDITIONS WERE FAVORABLE TODAY FOR A GOOD CONVECTIVE SET UP...WITH CELLS FIRING UP THIS MORNING ALONG AN AREA OF BEST QVECTOR CONVERGENCE...AND THEN PUSHING NNE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AT THE MOMENT...BEST LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA /STILL CONTINUING NNE. WITH GOOD INSTABILITY AND SHEER ACROSS THE REGION...A FEW OF THESE STORMS HAVE BECOME SEVERE IN NATURE AND WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD THE BRUNT OF THE INSTABILITY AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. BESIDES THIS INITIAL LINE AND ADDITIONAL SCATTERED CONVECTION TO OUR SOUTH...A MOIST ENVIRONMENT REMAINS. AS BOTH THE 500MB AND SURFACE LOW CONTINUE SE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT...RAIN SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. BEST INSTABILITY IS BEING TAPPED INTO THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE ONGOING STORMS...AND WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...NOT EXPECTING THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TO BE SEVERE AT THIS TIME. WITH CLOUD COVER IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE SOMEWHAT MODERATED...ONLY EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60S. DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON MONDAY...ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. DAYTIME TEMPS SHOULD DROP FROM TODAY...ONLY REACHING THE MID 70S. BY MONDAY EVENING...LOW WILL BEGIN LIFTING OFF TO THE NE WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWING DRY AIR WORKING IN QUICKLY. AT THIS POINT...EXPECT CLOUD COVER TO BE ON A DECREASING TREND /THOUGH SOME REMAINING LLVL MOISTURE WILL KEEP IN SOME SCT/BKN LOW LVL CLOUDS/ AND POPS TO COME TO AN END. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH 60 DEGREES IN SOME LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 150 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013 THE MIDDLE HALF OF THE CONUS FEATURES A BUILDING RIDGE WITH WEAK AND MOBILE TROFS ON EACH COAST. THE EAST COAST TROF IS CLEARING THE OHIO VALLEY WITH PCPN ENDING FOR ERN KY. HOWEVER THIS REPRIEVE WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS THE NW FLOW ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THE RIDGE WILL DROP A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES THRU ERN KY WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS THRU THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. LOOK FOR SAT TO BE MOSTLY DRY WITH THE NEXT SHORT WAVE TO DROP INTO THE COMMONWEALTH ON SUNDAY. HIGH TEMPS WILL CLIMB FROM HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S ON TUE TO THE UPPER 80S ON WED WITH SOME LOCATIONS EVEN TOPPING OUT AROUND 90. LOW HUMIDITY ON WED WILL KEEP THE HEAT INDEX IN CHECK BUT READINGS COULD STILL RISE TO THE LOWER 90S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. THE SERIES OF SHORT WAVES FOR THE END OF THE WORK WEEK WITH RAIN AND RATHER EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP HIGHS TO THE LOWER 80S ON THU/FRI BUT THE DRY WEATHER ON SAT WILL ONCE AGAIN SEE HIGHS PEAK IN THE MID 80S. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 131 PM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013 STRONG LOW SITTING OVER THE PLAINS AT THIS TIME IS MAKING FOR A VERY ACTIVE TAF PERIOD. AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SURGE NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...AN AREA OF STORMS HAS DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL TN AND CENTRAL KY...AND CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NNE. EASTERN KY HAS SEEN SEVERAL ISOLATED CELLS DEVELOP AS WELL...PRODUCING SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING. AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT...CHANCES FOR MORE SCATTERED/WIDESPREAD TS COVERAGE WILL INCREASE. HOWEVER IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHICH TAF SITES WILL BE AFFECTED AND WHEN UNTIL AFTER THE CONVECTION HAS INITIATED. AS A RESULT...TRIED TO BE A LITTLE GENERAL...WITH THE BEST CHANCES OF VIS/CIG DROPPING WHEN HIGHER AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE AND POPS ARRIVE OVERNIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME...TRIED TO COVER ANY ISOLATED/SCATTERED TS AFFECTING THE TAF SITES IN A TEMPO GROUP. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED...TAFS MAY NEED TO BE UPDATED/AMENDED TO ACCOUNT FOR CONVECTION NEARBY ONCE IT DEVELOPS. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...JMW LONG TERM...DUSTY AVIATION...JMW
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 4:43 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
402 PM EDT SUN JUN 09 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM HAIL 1 NE PRIMROSE 37.61N 83.60W
06/09/2013 E1.00 INCH LEE KY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JCARICOLocal storm report, Jun 9, 4:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
412 PM EDT SUN JUN 09 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S BEATTYVILLE 37.54N 83.71W
06/09/2013 LEE KY TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS KNOCKED TWO TREES DOWN. ONE TREE
IS BLOCKING SHORT RIDGE ROAD. ALSO...NICKEL SIZE HAIL
OCCURRED.
&&
JCARICOLocal storm report, Jun 9, 4:20 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
420 PM EDT SUN JUN 09 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM HAIL 2 WSW HAZEL GREEN 37.79N 83.45W
06/09/2013 E1.00 INCH WOLFE KY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JCARICOLocal storm report, Jun 9, 4:30 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
430 PM EDT SUN JUN 09 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM TSTM WND DMG STACY FORK 37.84N 83.27W
06/09/2013 MORGAN KY TRAINED SPOTTER
THREE TREES KNOCKED DOWN. ESTIMATED WINDS OF 60+ MPH.
&&
JCARICOLocal storm report, Jun 9, 4:52 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:14 PM EDT, 1 minute before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Owsley, Wolfe | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 6:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Johnson, Martin | 88 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.