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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this frost advisory at Apr 23, 2015, 4:02 AM EDT for 33 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 24, 2015, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2015, 4:02 AM EDT (08:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 24, 2015, 1:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2015, 3:31 PM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
All 33 counties
Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at Apr 22, 7:15 PM EDT, 8 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 7:15 PM EDT, 8 hours 47 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 6:50 PM EDT, 9 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 650 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-104-106-108-111-240200- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT- MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...CAMARGO... JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE 650 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN SHELTERED LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AREAS OF FROST WILL MELT OFF THURSDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED AND BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN VALLEY LOCATIONS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. KYZ068-069-079-080-083>088-107-109-110-112>120-240200- ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX- BELL-HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY- CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRODHEAD...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE... ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...STEARNS... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND...HARLAN...PAINTSVILLE... SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...JACKSON...HINDMAN... PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN... JENKINS...WHITESBURG...INEZ...COAL RUN...ELKHORN CITY... PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON 650 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE MORE SHELTERED LOCATIONS LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED AND BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN VALLEY LOCATIONS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SHALLENBERGER/GREIF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:31 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 17 hr |
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.