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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Jackson, KY

October 26, 2015Harlan County, Letcher County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this high wind watch at Oct 26, 2015, 1:49 PM EDT for Harlan County, Letcher County, Kentucky. It took effect at Oct 27, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 2015, 1:49 PM EDT (17:49 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 27, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 27, 2015, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY

Counties Harlan County, KY, Letcher County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Oct 26, 1:19 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 1:19 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.