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Wind Chill Advisory 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 18, 2015, 3:41 PM EST for 20 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 19, 2015, 4:27 AM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2015, 3:41 PM EST (20:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2015, 4:27 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2015, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
Counties Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory 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 wind chill advisory went out at Feb 18, 11:58 AM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 11:58 AM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 11:51 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1151 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 KYZ044-050>052-060-068-079-080-083-084-192000- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-PULASKI-LAUREL- WAYNE-MCCREARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...PLEASUREVILLE... MOUNT STERLING...JEFFERSONVILLE...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... WELLINGTON...FRENCHBURG...MOUNT VERNON...BRODHEAD...SOMERSET... LONDON...MONTICELLO...PINE KNOT...STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY 1151 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW SQUALLS WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AND WILL BRING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF THUNDER. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND PERSISTENT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN -10 AND -20 TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED TO COVER THESE THREATS...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND PERSISTENT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN -10 AND -20 THROUGH THURSDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW MAY OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN ON SATURDAY AND THIS COULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. THEN SNOW IS POSSIBLE AGAIN AT TIMES MAINLY FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. KYZ058-059-069-192000- ESTILL-POWELL-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...CLAY CITY...MCKEE... ANNVILLE 1151 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW SQUALLS WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AND WILL BRING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF THUNDER. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND PERSISTENT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN -10 AND -20 TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED TO COVER THESE THREATS...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER STORM WARNING PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND PERSISTENT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN -10 AND -20 THROUGH THURSDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW MAY OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN ON SATURDAY AND THIS COULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. THEN SNOW IS POSSIBLE AGAIN AT TIMES MAINLY FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. KYZ085>088-104-106-107-116-117-119-192000- WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-CLAY-LESLIE- MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...PROVIDENCE... BARBOURVILLE...NORTH CORBIN...PINEVILLE...GEORGETOWN... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...MANCHESTER...HYDEN... INEZ...WARFIELD 1151 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW SQUALLS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AND WILL BRING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF THUNDER. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND PERSISTENT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN -10 AND -20 TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED TO COVER THESE THREATS...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND PERSISTENT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN -10 AND -20 THROUGH THURSDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW MAY OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN ON SATURDAY AND THIS COULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. THEN SNOW IS POSSIBLE AGAIN AT TIMES MAINLY FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. KYZ108>115-118-120-192000- WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-LETCHER- PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG... WHEELWRIGHT...UNION...BEATTYVILLE...FINCASTLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...JENKINS... WHITESBURG...MCROBERTS...FLEMING-NEON...PIKEVILLE 1151 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW SQUALLS WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AND WILL BRING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF THUNDER. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND PERSISTENT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN -10 AND -20 TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED TO COVER THESE THREATS...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER STORM WARNING PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND PERSISTENT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN -10 AND -20 THROUGH THURSDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW MAY OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN ON SATURDAY AND THIS COULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. THEN SNOW IS POSSIBLE AGAIN AT TIMES MAINLY FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. KAS/JP
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 18, 12:34 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1234 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 AM SNOW ISLAND CITY 37.37N 83.77W
02/18/2015 M3.0 INCH OWSLEY KY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JCARICOLocal storm report, Feb 18, 12:42 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1242 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1238 PM SNOW 2 E BULAN 37.30N 83.13W
02/18/2015 M2.9 INCH PERRY KY BROADCAST MEDIA
2.9 INCHES OF NEW SNOW MEASURED. TOTAL SINCE MONDAY
MORNING 26.3 INCHES. DRIFTS TO 40 INCHES DEEP.
&&
GREIFLocal storm report, Feb 18, 1:54 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
154 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1238 PM SNOW 2 E BULAN 37.30N 83.13W
02/18/2015 M2.9 INCH PERRY KY BROADCAST MEDIA
2.9 INCHES OF NEW SNOW MEASURED.
&&
GREIFLocal storm report, Feb 18, 2:25 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
225 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 PM SNOW 2 WNW BEATTYVILLE 37.59N 83.74W
02/18/2015 M5.9 INCH LEE KY TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW DEPTH OF 13 INCHES.
&&
ABELocal storm report, Feb 18, 2:41 PM EST, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
241 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM SNOW BEATTYVILLE 37.58N 83.71W
02/18/2015 E5.0 INCH LEE KY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
WIDESPREAD 3 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0233 PM SNOW IRVINE 37.70N 83.97W
02/18/2015 E5.0 INCH ESTILL KY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
SNOWFALL RANGED FROM 2.5 INCHES IN IRVINE UP TO 5 INCHES
ON HIGHER RIDGES AROUND THE COUNTY.
0237 PM SNOW STANTON 37.85N 83.86W
02/18/2015 E3.0 INCH POWELL KY EMERGENCY MNGR
0237 PM SNOW MCKEE 37.43N 84.00W
02/18/2015 E4.0 INCH JACKSON KY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
NEW SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY.
&&
ABELocal storm report, Feb 18, 3:15 PM EST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
315 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM SNOW JACKSON 37.56N 83.38W
02/18/2015 E4.0 INCH BREATHITT KY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
SNOWFALL ACROSS THE COUNTY RANGES FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES IN
MOST AREAS.
0245 PM SNOW 3 ENE BOONEVILLE 37.49N 83.62W
02/18/2015 E3.0 INCH OWSLEY KY TRAINED SPOTTER
0250 PM SNOW GUNLOCK 37.55N 82.93W
02/18/2015 E3.0 INCH MAGOFFIN KY TRAINED SPOTTER
0250 PM SNOW 5 WNW CAMPTON 37.77N 83.63W
02/18/2015 E2.5 INCH WOLFE KY TRAINED SPOTTER
0300 PM SNOW HIPPO 37.53N 82.87W
02/18/2015 E2.0 INCH FLOYD KY TRAINED SPOTTER
0300 PM SNOW SHELBIANA 37.43N 82.49W
02/18/2015 E2.0 INCH PIKE KY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
0311 PM SNOW 1 NE VEST 37.41N 82.99W
02/18/2015 E4.0 INCH KNOTT KY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
ABEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 4:15 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 52 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson and 11 more | 90 min |
| Feb 18, 11:12 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Knott, Lee and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Lee | 36 min |
| Feb 18, 3:41 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 18, 5:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Lee | 12 hr |
| Feb 18, 5:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Lee | 11 hr |
Nearby
Wind Chill Advisories in Kentucky, 2015Every wind chill advisory in 2015
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.