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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Jackson, KY

April 8, 2015Magoffin County, Morgan County, Wolfe County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2015, 9:32 PM EDT for Magoffin County, Morgan County, Wolfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 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, 9:32 PM EDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2015, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Magoffin County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

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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 Apr 8, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 5:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
545 PM EDT WED APR 8 2015

KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-106>120-100045-
ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-
MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-
FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-
PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...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
545 PM EDT WED APR 8 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS.

.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. SOME
OF THE STORMS ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT MAY BE SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. AN
ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

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 TONIGHT.

KYZ044-050>052-104-100045-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ELLIOTT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...CAMARGO...
JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...
SANDY HOOK
545 PM EDT WED APR 8 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME ISOLATED INSTANCES OF FLASH
FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS.

.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. SOME
OF THE STORMS ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT MAY BE SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. AN
ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

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 TONIGHT.

SHALLENBERGER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 8, 4:25 PM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
425 PM EDT WED APR 08 2015

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

0355 PM     HAIL             TURKEY CREEK            37.67N 82.31W
04/08/2015  E1.00 INCH       PIKE               KY   PUBLIC

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RAY

Local storm report, Apr 8, 6:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 8, 6:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 8, 6:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 8, 8:48 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 8, 9:20 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Fleming	27 min
Apr 8, 9:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Morgan, Wolfe	40 min
Apr 8, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Johnson	37 min
Apr 8, 10:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Elliott, Johnson, Martin, Morgan, Rowan	4 hr
Apr 8, 10:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Johnson, Martin	53 min
Apr 8, 11:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Rowan	69 min
Apr 9, 12:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Martin	40 min
Apr 9, 12:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Martin	41 min
Apr 9, 1:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knott	34 min
Apr 9, 1:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd	30 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.