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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY

August 4, 2015Leslie County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2015, 2:45 AM EDT for Leslie County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2015, 2:45 AM EDT (06:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2015, 3:30 AM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

County Leslie County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 273 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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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: 1195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 4, 1:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 1:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 3:57 PM EDT, 10 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
357 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-041200-
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
357 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

ANY STORMS THIS EVENING COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY CONCERNS...MAINLY
NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL THAT
OCCUR THIS EVENING.

GREIF/SBH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 12:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1250 AM EDT TUE AUG 04 2015

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

0918 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT STERLING          38.06N 83.95W
08/03/2015                   MONTGOMERY         KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN THROUGHOUT MOUNT STERLING AND THE
            NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY IN GENERAL.

&&

AR

Local storm report, Aug 4, 12:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1253 AM EDT TUE AUG 04 2015

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

1030 PM     FLOOD            MOUNT STERLING          38.06N 83.95W
08/03/2015                   MONTGOMERY         KY   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL ROADS WERE IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING IN THE
            NORTHERN PORTION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY INCLUDING THE
            FOLLOWING, QUISSENBERRY ROAD, BUNKER HILL ROAD, CECIL
            PIKE, STEPSTONE ROAD, HOWARDS MILL ROAD, AND ROGERS MILL
            ROAD.

&&

AR

Local storm report, Aug 4, 12:54 AM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1254 AM EDT TUE AUG 04 2015

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

0940 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MOUNT STERLING          38.06N 83.95W
08/03/2015                   MONTGOMERY         KY   911 CALL CENTER

            INTERSTATE 64 WAS COVERED WITH FLOWING WATER OF UNKNOWN
            DEPTH. THE 3700 BLOCK OF STEPSTONE ROAD HAD WAIST DEEP
            WATER FLOWING ACROSS IT.

&&

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 1:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
102 AM EDT TUE AUG 04 2015

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

0945 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OWINGSVILLE             38.14N 83.76W
08/03/2015                   BATH               KY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN THROUGHOUT OWINGSVILLE.

&&

AR

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 2:08 AM EDT, 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
208 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2015

KYZ114>117-040645-
CLAY-LESLIE-OWSLEY-PERRY-
208 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CLAY...LESLIE...OWSLEY...
PERRY...

AT 208 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER TEGES...OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MANCHESTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHOOPFLAREA...BEAR BRANCH...SIZEROCK...BUCKHORN LAKE S.P....ONEIDA...
KRYPTON...HOSEA...SPURLOCK...MOSLEY BEND...BRUTUS...NEWFOUND...
PANCO...WILD CAT...ENLINE...SAUL...TEGES...HENSLEY...
THOUSANDSTICKS...JACKS CREEK AND BOBS FORK.

THIS INCLUDES HAL ROGERS PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 47.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...WHICH WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO
POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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 3723 8373 3735 8370 3734 8354 3733 8354
      3734 8352 3732 8331 3711 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 0608Z 299DEG 18KT 3729 8366

GEOGERIAN

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 2:45 AM EDT, 0 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
Aug 3, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming	31 min
Aug 3, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Fleming	40 min
Aug 3, 8:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath	46 min
Aug 3, 8:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Fleming	35 min
Aug 3, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan	39 min
Aug 3, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott, Rowan	45 min
Aug 3, 9:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Rowan	117 min
Aug 3, 9:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Rowan	3 hr
Aug 3, 9:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Montgomery	3 hr
Aug 3, 9:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Montgomery	46 min
Aug 3, 10:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Montgomery	3 hr
Aug 3, 10:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Johnson	42 min
Aug 3, 10:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Montgomery	46 min
Aug 3, 10:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bath	3 hr
Aug 3, 10:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd, Martin, Pike	50 min
Aug 3, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Powell, Wolfe	45 min
Aug 3, 11:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wolfe	26 min
Aug 3, 11:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Rowan	2 hr
Aug 4, 12:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin	42 min
Aug 4, 12:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd, Pike	61 min
Aug 4, 12:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Montgomery	9 hr
Aug 4, 2:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Clay	37 min
Aug 4, 2:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott	24 min
Aug 4, 3:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Johnson	39 min
Aug 4, 3:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan	27 min
Aug 4, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Knott	50 min
Aug 4, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Leslie	44 min
Aug 4, 3:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	53 hr
Aug 4, 3:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	2 hr
Aug 4, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knott	29 min
Aug 4, 3:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Pike	112 min
Aug 4, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Owsley	33 min
Aug 4, 4:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	3 hr
Aug 4, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	24 min
Aug 4, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	36 min
Aug 4, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Owsley	29 min
Aug 4, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan	42 min
Aug 4, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Owsley, Perry	25 min
Aug 4, 4:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Magoffin, Pike	3 hr
Aug 4, 5:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	3 hr
Aug 4, 5:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	3 hr
Aug 4, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	35 min
Aug 4, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Estill, Lee, Owsley, Powell	28 min
Aug 4, 7:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee and 2 more	3 hr
Aug 4, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt	34 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.