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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2015, 3:03 PM EDT for Johnson County, Martin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 57 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
- Apr 8, 2015, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Johnson County, KY, Martin County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 487 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 Apr 8, 2:31 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 2:31 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 745 AM EDT WED APR 8 2015 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-091445- 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 745 AM EDT WED APR 8 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON AND BRING A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND FLASH FLOODING TO PARTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY...PARTICULARLY NORTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF HAIL...WIND DAMAGE...OR FLOODING FROM STORMS TODAY. GREIF
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 8, 12:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1254 PM EDT WED APR 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1253 PM HAIL FLEMINGSBURG 38.42N 83.74W
04/08/2015 M1.00 INCH FLEMING KY EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
TBREWERSpecial weather statement, Apr 8, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
135 PM EDT WED APR 8 2015
KYZ051-052-081800-
BATH-ROWAN-
135 PM EDT WED APR 8 2015
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BATH...ROWAN...
AT 135 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER RAMEY...OR
NEAR MOREHEAD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOREHEAD...SALT LICK...MINOR...HAYS CROSSING...CHRISTY...WAGNER
STORE...SHARKEY...CLEARFIELD...MUNSON...HAMM...HILDA...MOORE'S
FERRY...ELLIOTTVILLE...RAMEY...VALE...PELFREY...CRIX...COGSWELL...
LICK FORK AND WAGNER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 IN EASTERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
129 AND 142.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
&&
LAT...LON 3821 8330 3821 8329 3819 8326 3819 8325
3818 8326 3813 8324 3807 8335 3808 8363
3819 8363 3822 8358 3821 8357 3824 8356
3827 8332
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 264DEG 32KT 3818 8354
RAYLocal storm report, Apr 8, 2:31 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay, Laurel, Rockcastle | 60 min |
| Apr 7, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Wolfe | 20 min |
| Apr 7, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 23 min |
| Apr 7, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 4:25 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:31 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Whitley | 54 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:03 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Lee | 4 days |
| Apr 8, 6:03 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 5 days |
| Apr 8, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rowan | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Rowan | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan | 40 min |
| Apr 8, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Morgan | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 3:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 43 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 19 min |
| Apr 8, 6:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Rowan | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Rowan | 65 min |
| Apr 8, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott | 61 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.