Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2015, 7:36 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2015, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2015, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clay County, KY, Knott County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Perry County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Hyden, KY | THIS IS A PUBLIC REPORT VIA TWITTER. |
| Apr 25, 8:13 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 S Hazard, KY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 25, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2084 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KJKL 252336
SVRJKL
KYC051-119-131-133-193-260015-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0021.150425T2336Z-150426T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
736 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LETCHER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
EAST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN KNOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
CENTRAL LESLIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 735 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HOSEA...OR
NEAR HYDEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAZARD...WHITESBURG...HINDMAN...HYDEN...VICCO...BLACKEY...DALEY...
DIABLOCK...BEAR BRANCH...RITCHIE...ESSIE...CARBON GLOW...GANDER...
AMELIA...STINNETT...WENDOVER...SMITHSBORO...BULAN...ELIC AND
ARMINTA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HAL ROGERS PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 59.
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN KNOTT COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 10.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3703 8359 3715 8360 3738 8297 3707 8282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 251DEG 28KT 3714 8345
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SHALLENBERGER2 follow-up statements
632
WWUS53 KJKL 252350
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
750 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
KYC051-252358-
/O.CAN.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150426T0015Z/
CLAY KY-
750 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3704 8345 3720 8346 3738 8297 3707 8282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 251DEG 28KT 3718 8332
$$
KYC119-131-133-193-260015-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150426T0015Z/
LETCHER KY-PERRY KY-KNOTT KY-LESLIE KY-
750 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LETCHER...SOUTHEASTERN PERRY...SOUTHWESTERN KNOTT
AND CENTRAL LESLIE COUNTIES...
AT 748 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WOOTON...OR
OVER HYDEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. AT 7:45 PM...QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN HYDEN.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAZARD...WHITESBURG...HINDMAN...HYDEN...VICCO...BLACKEY...DALEY...
DIABLOCK...RITCHIE...CARBON GLOW...GANDER...AMELIA...STINNETT...
WENDOVER...SMITHSBORO...BULAN...ELIC...ARMINTA...HOSKINSTON AND
ROXANA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HAL ROGERS PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 59.
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN KNOTT COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 10.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3704 8345 3720 8346 3738 8297 3707 8282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 251DEG 28KT 3718 8332
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GEOGERIAN513
WWUS53 KJKL 260016
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
816 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
KYC119-131-133-193-260026-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150426T0015Z/
LETCHER KY-PERRY KY-KNOTT KY-LESLIE KY-
816 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LETCHER...
SOUTHEASTERN PERRY...SOUTHWESTERN KNOTT AND CENTRAL LESLIE COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3704 8345 3720 8346 3738 8297 3707 8282
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 251DEG 28KT 3718 8332
$$
GEOGERIANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Perry | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Jackson | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.