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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Jackson, KY

October 6, 2014Clay County, Jackson County, Laurel County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 6, 2014, 11:46 PM EDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Laurel County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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: Oct 6, 2014, 11:46 PM EDT (03:46 UTC)
Expired: Oct 7, 2014, 12:15 AM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Laurel County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 245 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: 115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 961 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.8

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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 Oct 6, 11:14 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 11:14 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 4:35 PM EDT, 7 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
435 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2014

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-071100-
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
435 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MANY LOCATIONS...MAINLY THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS. SOME OF THEM MAY CONTAIN HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

ADDITIONALLY...ISOLATED MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR
WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE THE MOST PERSISTENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE HAIL
AND STRONG WINDS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF HAIL...DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS...OR FLOODING TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 6, 10:52 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 6, 11:00 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 11:21 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 11:24 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 11:30 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 6, 11:45 PM EDT, 1 minute 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
Oct 6, 8:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle	58 min
Oct 6, 8:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	51 min
Oct 6, 8:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Magoffin, Martin	54 min
Oct 6, 9:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Clay, Perry	66 min
Oct 6, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson, Owsley, Pulaski, Rockcastle	63 min
Oct 6, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 3 more	46 min
Oct 6, 9:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	63 min
Oct 6, 9:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 4 more	4 hr
Oct 6, 9:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 4 more	5 hr
Oct 6, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Estill, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe	37 min
Oct 6, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	44 min
Oct 6, 10:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more	26 min
Oct 6, 10:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	51 min
Oct 6, 10:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe	31 min
Oct 6, 10:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley	23 min
Oct 6, 11:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Pike	2 hr
Oct 6, 11:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, Whitley	24 min
Oct 6, 11:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Clay, Laurel	36 min
Oct 6, 11:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Owsley	30 min
Oct 6, 11:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan	35 min
Oct 7, 12:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Laurel, Leslie, Letcher and 3 more	114 min
Oct 7, 12:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knott	39 min
Oct 7, 12:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Clay, Perry	35 min
Oct 7, 12:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike	61 min
Oct 7, 1:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Magoffin	91 min
Oct 7, 2:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin	28 min
Oct 7, 2:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin	40 min
Oct 7, 2:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson, Rockcastle	37 min
Oct 7, 2:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin	23 min
Oct 7, 3:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Rockcastle	31 min
Oct 7, 3:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Owsley	29 min
Oct 7, 3:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Owsley	47 min
Oct 7, 4:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knott	36 min
Oct 7, 4:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd, Knott	41 min
Oct 7, 4:38 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley, Powell and 2 more	3 hr
Oct 7, 4:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	48 min
Oct 7, 5:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	40 min
Oct 7, 5:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Clay, Laurel	45 min
Oct 7, 5:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Knott, Laurel, Leslie and 2 more	3 hr
Oct 7, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan	64 min
Oct 7, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson	28 min
Oct 7, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Rowan	56 min
Oct 7, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley, Pulaski and 1 more	65 min
Oct 7, 4:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan	39 min
Oct 7, 4:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle	34 min
Oct 7, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Menifee and 2 more	66 min
Oct 7, 5:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel	47 min
Oct 7, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knott, Laurel and 4 more	66 min
Oct 7, 5:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Harlan, Leslie, Perry	36 min
Oct 7, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Martin	30 min
Oct 7, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan	46 min
Oct 7, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath	15 min
Oct 7, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan	53 min
Oct 7, 7:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Montgomery	24 min
Oct 7, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan	52 min
Oct 7, 7:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan	37 min
Oct 7, 7:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan	24 min
Oct 7, 7:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Montgomery and 1 more	4 hr
Oct 7, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan	63 min
Oct 7, 7:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Morgan	42 min
Oct 7, 7:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Johnson, Martin	11 min
Oct 7, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Menifee, Montgomery and 1 more	64 min
Oct 7, 7:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Elliott, Johnson, Morgan	48 min

Nearby

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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.