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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Jackson, KY

June 10, 20144 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2014, 8:02 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 43 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 10, 2014, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Floyd County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Martin County, KY, Pike County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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 10, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 340 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
340 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 10, 6:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 6:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
608 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 608 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

PER COORDINATION WITH SPC...HAVE EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
275 TO COVER THE REMAINDER OF THE JKL FORECAST AREA IN EXTREME
EASTERN KY. HAVE ALSO CANCELLED THE WATCH IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST PART OF
THE FORECAST AREA WHERE THE CONVECTIVE LINE HAS MOVE THROUGH AND
STABILIZID THE ATMOSPHERE.

UPDATE ISSUED AT 550 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

SENT AN UPDATE TO FINE TUNE TIMING OF CONVECTION EASTWARD ACROSS THE
AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. ALSO ADJUSTED FORECAST TEMPERATURES TO
INCORPORATE A DROP WITH ONSET OF PRECIP.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 409 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

CONVECTIVE LINE WAS BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED AND INTENSIFYING TO OUR
WEST AND SOUTHWEST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ONE SUPERCELL AHEAD OF
IT ENTERING THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. MODIFYING NAM
SOUNDINGS FOR OBSERVED SURFACE CONDITIONS YIELDS CAPE OF 1500-2000
J/KG. MODEST SHEAR IS ALSO PRESENT...MOSTLY SPEED...WITH ABOUT 60 KTS
AT 500 MB. THIS IS GIVING LARGELY A SEVERE WIND THREAT ALONG THE
LINE. HOWEVER...ANY CIRCULATIONS...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY DISCRETE
CELLS...COULD ALSO YIELD LARGE HAIL. THE CONVECTION WILL PROGRESS
EAST ACROSS THE JKL FORECAST AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

ONCE THE ONGOING CONVECTION MOVES THROUGH AND DIMINISHES...THE
FORECAST BECOMES MORE PROBLEMATIC. MODELS HAVE NOT HANDLED THE
DETAILS OF PRECIP TIMING TOO WELL RECENTLY. HAVE USED A GENERAL
DIURNAL TREND...AND STUCK CLOSER TO THE GFS MAV MOS POP VALUES FOR
THE DAY WEDNESDAY...AS OPPOSED TO THE MORE INFLATED VALUES OF THE NAM
MET MOS IN OUR WESTERN COUNTIES.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 340 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

SOMEWHAT DECENT AGREEMENT AMONGST THE LONG TERM MODELS IN THE
EXTENDED. THE GFS AND ECMWF BOTH HAD SOME MINOR TIMING DIFFERENCES
WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE WEATHER SYSTEMS AND LARGER DIFFERENCES
REGARDING THE EVOLUTION AND AREAL COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION
ASSOCIATED WITH SAID WEATHER SYSTEMS. THE GENERAL LARGE SCALE PATTERN
LOOKS TO FEATURE A LARGE UPPER RIDGE SITUATED OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN
CONUS TO BEGIN THE PERIOD...WITH A FAST MOVING VIGOROUS TROUGH
RACING EASTWARD ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER. THE EXTREME SOUTHERN
EXTENSION OF THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BE OUR WEATHER MAKER TO BEGIN THE
PERIOD ON THURSDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE ON TAP OFF
AND ON THROUGH NIGHT AS AREAS OF DISTURBED WEATHER MOVE REPEATEDLY
ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEY REGIONS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR
RAIN WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERIODS DURING PEAK
HEATING TIME. TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WILL BE RUNNING AT
OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH DAYTIME HIGHS COMING IN EACH DAY IN THE
LOW TO MID 80S AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 132 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

CONDITIONS WERE VFR AT TAF ISSUANCE...WITH SOME LOW VFR CEILINGS
BEGINNING TO SHOW UP AS CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT BECOMES MORE PRONOUNCED.
SOME OF THESE CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO GROW INTO SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...BRINGING
LOCALIZED IFR. DUE TO LOW PROBABILITIES OF IFR AT ANY GIVEN
POINT/TIME...JUST -SHRA AND VCTS WITH VFR WAS USED IN TAFS. MOST
PRECIP SHOULD TAPER OFF THIS EVENING...LEAVING MAINLY VFR THROUGH THE
REST OF THE PERIOD...ALTHOUGH SOME REDEVELOPMENT OF
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD ON
WEDNESDAY.

&&

.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

UPDATE...HAL
SHORT TERM...HAL
LONG TERM...AR
AVIATION...HAL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 3:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
325 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>087-104-106>109-111-112-
114>117-111100-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-ELLIOTT-
MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE-BREATHITT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-
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...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN
325 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 275 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS...BUT LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE
RULED OUT.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH
MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCE OF DAMAGING WIND OR
HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

KYZ088-110-113-118>120-111100-
HARLAN-FLOYD-KNOTT-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...
WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE
325 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH
MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCE OF DAMAGING WIND OR
HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

RAY/HAL

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:50 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
750 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

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

0727 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SALYERSVILLE            37.75N 83.06W
06/10/2014                   MAGOFFIN           KY   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAYS 460...867 AND 40.

&&

JCARICO
Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:59 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
759 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

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

0731 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLEARFIELD              38.16N 83.43W
06/10/2014                   ROWAN              KY   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

0731 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E MOREHEAD            38.19N 83.41W
06/10/2014                   ROWAN              KY   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 32.

&&

JCARICO
Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:00 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
800 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

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

0731 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLEARFIELD              38.16N 83.43W
06/10/2014                   ROWAN              KY   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 519.

&&

JCARICO
Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
802 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

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

0646 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WALLINS CREEK           36.83N 83.41W
06/10/2014                   HARLAN             KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES.

&&

JCARICO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.