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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Jackson, KY

December 23, 20154 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 23, 2015, 9:20 PM EST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 70 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
Dec 23, 2015, 9:20 PM EST (02:20 UTC)
Expired
Dec 23, 2015, 10:30 PM EST
In force
70 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bath County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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
Dec 23, 7:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2015-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 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 2015-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 313 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Dec 23, 7:58 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 7:58 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 7:39 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
739 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015

KYZ060-080-084>088-104-106>120-250345-
MENIFEE-LAUREL-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...FRENCHBURG...LONDON...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
739 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SOME OF THEM MAY BE STRONG TO
SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

OUR PROLONGED PERIOD OF WET WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK...AND A FLOODING RISK ON CREEKS AS WELL AS RIVERS CAN
NOT BE RULED OUT IF THE THREATENING HEAVY RAINFALL MATERIALIZES.
UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING RAINFALL AMOUNTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS...PLEASE RELAY ANY STORM DAMAGE OR STRONG WIND REPORTS
TONIGHT.

KYZ044-050>052-058-059-068-069-079-083-250345-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-
PULASKI-WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...CAMARGO...
JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...
IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY...STANTON...BRODHEAD...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...
MONTICELLO
739 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 565 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST
THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...WITH
THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS REGION.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SOME OF THEM MAY BE SEVERE...
WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...A TORNADO
CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ALSO...MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

OUR PROLONGED PERIOD OF WET WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK...AND A FLOODING RISK ON CREEKS AS WELL AS RIVERS CAN
NOT BE RULED OUT IF THE THREATENING HEAVY RAINFALL MATERIALIZES.
UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING RAINFALL AMOUNTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS...PLEASE RELAY ANY STORM DAMAGE OR STRONG WIND REPORTS
TONIGHT.

JP/DJ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 23, 8:53 PM EST, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
853 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015

KYZ086-087-113-115>117-240215-
PERRY-KNOX-KNOTT-BELL-LESLIE-CLAY-
853 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PERRY...KNOX...KNOTT...BELL...
LESLIE...CLAY...

AT 852 PM EST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER GARDNER...OR 16 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HYDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.

WINDS GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAZARD...HINDMAN...HYDEN...VICCO...VEST...DALEY...DIABLOCK...
BEARVILLE...RITCHIE...ESSIE...STINNETT...WENDOVER...SMITHSBORO...
DREW...BULAN...EROSE...ELIC...MOZELLE...HOSKINSTON AND FREW.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HAL ROGERS PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 59.
 KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN KNOTT COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10.
 KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN PERRY COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 15.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3695 8372 3741 8316 3741 8313 3743 8313
      3748 8307 3728 8285 3688 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 229DEG 63KT 3698 8356

JP
Special weather statement, Dec 23, 9:10 PM EST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
910 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015

KYZ044-050>052-240345-
ROWAN-MONTGOMERY-BATH-FLEMING-
910 PM EST WED DEC 23 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
ROWAN...MONTGOMERY...BATH...AND FLEMING COUNTIES BETWEEN 930 PM
EST AND 1030 PM EST...

AT 908 PM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROOKSVILLE TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF PARIS TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF VERSAILLES...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS WHEN
THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT STERLING...MOREHEAD...FLEMINGSBURG...OWINGSVILLE...MARSHALL...
SHARPSBURG...SALT LICK...FAIRVIEW...GRANGE CITY...ELIZAVILLE...PECKS
RIDGE...HAYS CROSSING...BETHEL...WAGNER STORE...FOXPORT...FLAT
CREEK...BOURBON FURNACE...PRESTON...ODESSA AND EWINGTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 IN EASTERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
105 AND 149.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3849 8359 3843 8358 3838 8345 3840 8342
      3839 8340 3830 8333 3821 8330 3817 8323
      3813 8328 3803 8400 3803 8403 3811 8408
      3832 8384 3836 8388 3836 8392 3845 8398
      3849 8393 3846 8385 3852 8365
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 252DEG 46KT 3858 8416 3829 8436 3795 8470

JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 8:53 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnott, Leslie, Perry22 min
Dec 23, 9:10 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath, Fleming, Rowan95 min
Dec 23, 11:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 1 more23 min
Dec 23, 11:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLClay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, McCreary and 6 more60 min
Dec 24, 12:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Pulaski, Wayne41 min
Dec 24, 12:17 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Menifee, Montgomery and 3 more3 hr
Dec 24, 12:45 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLElliott, Estill, Johnson, Lee, Menifee, Morgan and 3 more60 min
Dec 24, 12:53 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLClay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Owsley and 1 more52 min
Dec 24, 3:50 PM ESTFlood WatchJKLBell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd and 23 more44 hr

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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.