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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Jackson, KY

July 10, 2015Pulaski County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2015, 3:11 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 49 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, 2015, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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
Jul 10, 10:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2015-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 335 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2015-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1085 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 10, 2:39 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 2:39 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 4:15 AM EDT, 10 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
415 AM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-111115-
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...CAMARGO...
JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...
IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...BRODHEAD...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...
MONTICELLO...STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...
BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND...HARLAN...
SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...
SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...BEATTYVILLE...
JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...INEZ...COAL RUN...
ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON
415 AM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH ANY STORMS. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

BE ON THE LOOK OUT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IN LOCATIONS WHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE
REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM SATURDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INCIDENTS OF EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL OR WIND DAMAGE.

GREIF

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 3:01 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
301 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015

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

1252 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW WESTBEND           37.92N 83.98W
07/10/2015                   POWELL             KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            MOUNTAIN PARKWAY EASTBOUND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 12
            CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES.

&&

TBREWER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 8:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPulaski, Wayne37 min
Jul 9, 9:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMcCreary, Wayne26 min
Jul 10, 11:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchJKLBath, Breathitt, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Floyd and 15 more10 hr
Jul 10, 12:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more81 min
Jul 10, 1:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe33 min
Jul 10, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe55 min
Jul 10, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRockcastle24 min
Jul 10, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Owsley, Rockcastle37 min
Jul 10, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Laurel, Rockcastle31 min
Jul 10, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWayne29 min

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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.