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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Jackson, KY

May 2, 2016Floyd County, Pike County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2016, 3:19 PM EDT for Floyd County, Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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: May 2, 2016, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Floyd County, KY, Pike County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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
May 2, 3:20 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Minnie, KY
May 2, 3:32 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Pikeville, KY
May 2, 3:38 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Raccoon, KY	SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT VIA FACEBOOK

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
May 2, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 239 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-p

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

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

128 
WUUS53 KJKL 021919
SVRJKL
KYC071-195-022000-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0039.160502T1919Z-160502T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
319 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
  CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 319 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WAYLAND...OR
  13 MILES NORTHEAST OF HINDMAN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PIKEVILLE...ESTILL...COAL RUN VILLAGE...MARTIN...WAYLAND...ALLEN...HI
  HAT...CHLOE...RACCOON...EAST MCDOWELL...BAMMER...HAROLD...ALPHORETTA...
  SHELBIANA...OSBORN...HUEYSVILLE...PORTER JUNCTION...LANGLEY...HONAKER
  AND GALVESTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3738 8255 3738 8276 3740 8275 3742 8276
      3743 8279 3741 8282 3743 8283 3745 8283
      3747 8284 3747 8285 3753 8289 3770 8260
      3750 8240
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 252DEG 29KT 3746 8280 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ABE

2 follow-up statements

128 
WWUS53 KJKL 021944
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
344 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

KYC071-021953-
/O.CAN.KJKL.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160502T2000Z/
FLOYD KY-
344 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FLOYD 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 1000 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3738 8255 3738 8263 3742 8260 3742 8261
      3746 8259 3749 8260 3750 8260 3751 8262
      3763 8260 3767 8261 3768 8259 3768 8258
      3750 8240
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 243DEG 39KT 3756 8251 

$$

KYC195-022000-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160502T2000Z/
PIKE KY-
344 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY...

AT 343 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COAL RUN
VILLAGE...OR NEAR PIKEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PIKEVILLE...COAL RUN VILLAGE...MCCOMBS...BOLDMAN...RACCOON...SHELBIANA...
CHLOE...COAL RUN...GULNARE AND ZEBULON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3738 8255 3738 8263 3742 8260 3742 8261
      3746 8259 3749 8260 3750 8260 3751 8262
      3763 8260 3767 8261 3768 8259 3768 8258
      3750 8240
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 243DEG 39KT 3756 8251 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ABE

312 
WWUS53 KJKL 021951
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
351 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

KYC195-022000-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160502T2000Z/
PIKE KY-
351 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 400 PM EDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN PIKE
COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM EDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3738 8255 3738 8263 3742 8260 3742 8261
      3746 8259 3749 8260 3750 8260 3751 8262
      3763 8260 3767 8261 3768 8259 3768 8258
      3750 8240
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 252DEG 29KT 3756 8251 

$$

ABE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Letcher, Pike	11 min
May 1, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin	33 min
May 1, 8:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Leslie	29 min
May 1, 8:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more	3 hr
May 1, 8:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike	6 hr
May 1, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan	31 min
May 1, 9:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin	12 hr
May 1, 10:15 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Powell	4 days
May 2, 3:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	JKL	Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Harlan and 16 more	18 hr
May 2, 7:09 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Owsley	19 hr
May 2, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd	28 min
May 2, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Owsley	35 min
May 2, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Martin, Pike	31 min
May 2, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Owsley, Perry	39 min
May 2, 2:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin and 4 more	5 hr
May 2, 2:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	4 hr
May 2, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Martin	23 min
May 2, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Martin, Pike	22 min
May 2, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Leslie, Perry	30 min
May 2, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Letcher, Pike	43 min
May 2, 2:47 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	3 days
May 2, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell	40 min
May 2, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry	35 min
May 2, 3:09 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Magoffin	27 hr
May 2, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	30 min
May 2, 3:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Pike	3 hr
May 2, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	26 min
May 2, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Letcher	35 min
May 2, 3:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Lee, Owsley	3 hr
May 2, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	27 min
May 2, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	23 min
May 2, 7:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley and 1 more	12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.