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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Jackson, KY

June 13, 20134 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2013, 1:29 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 61 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 13, 2013, 1:29 PM EDT (17:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2013, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bell County, KY, Knox County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Whitley County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 9:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 295 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2013-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 828 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2013-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
828 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.0

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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 13, 1:27 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:27 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 4:12 AM EDT, 9 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
412 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-141100-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...
PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...
CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...
HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...
INEZ...PIKEVILLE
412 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...WITH DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST FROM LATE
MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH.

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

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF WIND DAMAGE
OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

JP

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:40 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1240 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

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

1215 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ELKATAWA                37.56N 83.43W
06/13/2013                   BREATHITT          KY   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TREE ACROSS ROAD ON HWY 52 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY
            52 AND HWY 30.

&&

TBREWER
Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:46 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1246 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

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

1125 AM     TSTM WND GST     3 E DORTON              37.28N 82.52W
06/13/2013  M59 MPH          PIKE               KY   MESONET

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 1:01 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 13, 1:23 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 13, 1:28 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 10:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell33 min
Jun 13, 11:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Rowan26 min
Jun 13, 11:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Elliott, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery and 4 more37 min
Jun 13, 11:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Jackson, Lee, Leslie, Magoffin, Morgan and 3 more34 min
Jun 13, 12:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Rockcastle27 min
Jun 13, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Magoffin, Owsley and 1 more35 min
Jun 13, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie29 min
Jun 13, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley23 min
Jun 13, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Pike32 min
Jun 13, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry48 min
Jun 13, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Pike28 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.