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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2013, 2:16 PM EDT for Knott County, Letcher County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 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
- Jul 10, 2013, 2:16 PM EDT (18:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2013, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Knott County, KY, Letcher County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 1493 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 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 Jul 10, 1:32 PM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:32 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 12:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1206 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>087-104-106>117-119- 111915- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-ELLIOTT- MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY- CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN- 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...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN... BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ 1206 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WITH HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE TO THE NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MOST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...FAVORING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MOST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...FAVORING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ARE ENCOURAGE TO REPORT FLOODING...HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL...OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. KYZ088-118-120-111915- HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 1206 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WITH HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE TO THE NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MOST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...FAVORING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ARE ENCOURAGE TO REPORT FLOODING...HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL...OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. JMW/SBH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:00 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 200 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013 KYZ113-115-101845- KNOTT-PERRY- 200 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... KNOTT AND EAST CENTRAL PERRY. AT 159 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JEFF...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAZARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...VICCO... BRINKLEY...HINDMAN...AND PIPPA PASSES. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. RAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 11:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 4:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Laurel, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Powell and 1 more | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 5:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Knox | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Morgan, Rowan | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 6:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.