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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 15, 2016, 6:43 PM EDT for Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 15, 2016, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
County Rowan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jun 15, 4:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 4:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 416 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-162330- 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...BROADHEAD... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON... MONTICELLO...STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG... BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND...HARLAN... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN... PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN... JENKINS...WHITESBURG...INEZ...COAL RUN...ELKHORN CITY... PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON 416 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THIS EVENING. THESE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG TO POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING AND THURSDAY. JP/GUSEMAN
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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
430 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016
KYZ118-120-152100-
LETCHER-PIKE-
430 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LETCHER...PIKE COUNTIES...
AT 429 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER DORTON...OR 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CLINTWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JENKINS...ELKHORN CITY...DUNHAM...JONANCY...BELCHER...DORTON...
ROCKHOUSE...MARROWBONE...ASHCAMP...ADAMSON...SHELBY GAP...MYRA...
VIRGIE...GASKILL...BEEFHIDE...LOOKOUT...BURDINE...
CEDARVILLE AND MCROBERTS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN LETCHER COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 7.
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN PIKE COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 10.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3728 8233 3726 8236 3723 8250 3715 8263
3716 8264 3732 8267 3740 8230 3732 8229
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 262DEG 15KT 3725 8257
DJSpecial weather statement, Jun 15, 6:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
643 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016
KYZ044-052-152315-
ROWAN-FLEMING-
643 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ROWAN...FLEMING COUNTIES...
AT 642 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER HILDA...OR NEAR
MOREHEAD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOREHEAD...PLUMMERS LANDING...HILDA...HAYS CROSSING...CRANSTON...
GATES...RINGOS MILLS...WALTZ...SHARKEY...TRIPLETT AND MUNSON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 IN EASTERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
140 AND 148.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3835 8337 3832 8336 3832 8334 3822 8331
3821 8329 3822 8361 3831 8363 3838 8340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 263DEG 22KT 3827 8352
DJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 11:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 12:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Rowan | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 24 min |
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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.