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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Jackson, KY

May 10, 20165 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2016, 8:14 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 39 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 10, 2016, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2016, 8:53 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Breathitt County, KY, Lee County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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 10, 8:15 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	Clayhole, KY	SPOUSE REPORTED HAIL.
May 10, 8:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cressmont, KY	TREES DOWN ON CRESSMONT ROAD AND TODDS ROAD.
May 10, 8:42 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Clayhole, KY	REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA

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 10, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 210 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: 1236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

215 
WUUS53 KJKL 110014
SVRJKL
KYC025-129-153-189-237-110115-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0049.160511T0014Z-160511T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
814 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WOLFE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN OWSLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
  WEST CENTRAL MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
  BREATHITT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 814 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAKES...OR
  NEAR MCKEE...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
  JACKSON...BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE...SIMPSON...FINCASTLE...CORNELIA...
  SEWELL...LANE...WILLOW SHOALS...PORTSMOUTH...PUNCHEON...CRESSMONT...VADA...
  LEROSE...IDA MAY...SEILTZ...ST. HELENS...COPLAND...VANCLEVE AND NOBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND 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 3770 8317 3741 8316 3741 8320 3744 8321
      3741 8325 3744 8382 3764 8384 3764 8381
      3766 8382 3767 8382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 266DEG 35KT 3752 8396 

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

SHALLENBERGER

2 follow-up statements

585 
WWUS53 KJKL 110045
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
845 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

KYC129-189-110054-
/O.CAN.KJKL.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160511T0115Z/
OWSLEY KY-LEE KY-
845 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN OWSLEY AND LEE
COUNTIES 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 200 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3743 8355 3746 8355 3749 8357 3757 8356
      3763 8352 3765 8354 3767 8354 3770 8317
      3741 8316 3741 8320 3744 8321 3741 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 266DEG 35KT 3754 8358 

$$

KYC025-153-237-110115-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160511T0115Z/
WOLFE KY-MAGOFFIN KY-BREATHITT KY-
845 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WOLFE...WEST CENTRAL MAGOFFIN AND BREATHITT
COUNTIES...

AT 844 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ATHOL...OR NEAR
BOONEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSON...SIMPSON...PRESS...CORNELIA...SEWELL...LANE...QUICKSAND...
PORTSMOUTH...PUNCHEON...SEILTZ...LOST CREEK...CANOE...COPLAND...VANCLEVE...
NOBLE...GUAGE...HOWARD CREEK...YEADON...WHICK AND OAKDALE.

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 3743 8355 3746 8355 3749 8357 3757 8356
      3763 8352 3765 8354 3767 8354 3770 8317
      3741 8316 3741 8320 3744 8321 3741 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 266DEG 35KT 3754 8358 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SHALLENBERGER

561 
WWUS53 KJKL 110053
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
853 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

KYC025-153-237-110103-
/O.CAN.KJKL.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160511T0115Z/
WOLFE KY-MAGOFFIN KY-BREATHITT KY-
853 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WOLFE...WEST
CENTRAL MAGOFFIN AND BREATHITT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3743 8355 3746 8355 3749 8357 3757 8356
      3763 8352 3765 8354 3767 8354 3770 8317
      3741 8316 3741 8320 3744 8321 3741 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 266DEG 35KT 3755 8347 

$$

SHALLENBERGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 8:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt	28 min
May 10, 8:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan and 2 more	3 hr
May 10, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin, Perry	44 min
May 10, 8:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Morgan, Wolfe	3 hr
May 10, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin	59 min
May 10, 8:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Jackson, Knott, Lee, Magoffin and 2 more	3 hr
May 10, 8:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	3 hr
May 10, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	76 min
May 10, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Martin, Pike	62 min
May 10, 9:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Fleming	3 hr
May 10, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knott, Pike	41 min
May 10, 9:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Pike	52 min
May 10, 9:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Pike	3 hr
May 10, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	57 min
May 10, 9:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	2 hr
May 10, 10:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Wayne	31 min
May 10, 10:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	24 min
May 10, 10:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	3 hr
May 10, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Rowan	49 min
May 10, 10:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	17 min
May 10, 10:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	28 min
May 10, 10:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski	40 min
May 10, 11:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	14 min
May 10, 11:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley	49 min
May 10, 11:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	4 hr
May 10, 11:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley	42 min
May 10, 11:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Powell, Pulaski and 2 more	5 hr
May 10, 11:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	3 hr
May 11, 12:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry, Pike	6 hr
May 11, 12:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	33 min
May 11, 12:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Martin and 3 more	3 hr
May 11, 12:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Pulaski, Rockcastle	3 hr
May 11, 1:25 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski	3 hr
May 11, 1:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, McCreary, Perry and 3 more	3 hr
May 11, 2:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox	41 min
May 11, 2:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary	67 min
May 11, 2:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Whitley	66 min
May 11, 2:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	3 hr
May 11, 3:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 4 more	3 hr
May 11, 3:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Whitley	3 hr
May 11, 5:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	2 hr
May 11, 6:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	3 hr
May 11, 7:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox	3 hr
May 11, 11:13 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	4 days
May 11, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Rowan	32 min
May 11, 6:24 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	36 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.