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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY

July 6, 2016Floyd County, Knott County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2016, 8:29 PM EDT for Floyd County, Knott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued: Jul 6, 2016, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

Counties Floyd County, KY, Knott County, KY

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NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 6, 8:26 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 8:26 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 3:53 PM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
353 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-071200-
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
353 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG
TO SEVERE THIS EVENING WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN
THREAT. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING LOCALIZED VERY
HEAVY RAIN...LEADING TO ISOLATED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SOME THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD BE STRONG
TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN BEING THE MAIN
THREATS.

ADDITIONALLY...VERY HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END
OF THE WORK WEEK. ON FRIDAY...HEAT INDICES SHOULD APPROACH OR
REACH 100 DEGREES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING
TONIGHT.

JP/SBH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
620 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

KYZ080-062245-
LAUREL-
620 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LAUREL...

AT 620 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER KEAVY...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LONDON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LONDON...MCHARGUE...DORTHAE...VOX...HIGHTOP...LILY...
LONDON-CORBIN AIRPORT...KEAVY...FARISTON...
LEVI JACKSON S.P. AND LYNN CAMP.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 29 AND 36.

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 3697 8419 3702 8424 3712 8404 3699 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 253DEG 17KT 3700 8416

JMW

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
639 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

KYZ068-069-080-086>088-111-114-116-117-062330-
JACKSON-ROCKCASTLE-LAUREL-KNOX-LEE-OWSLEY-BELL-LESLIE-HARLAN-CLAY-
639 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT JACKSON...ROCKCASTLE...
LAUREL...KNOX...LEE...OWSLEY...BELL...LESLIE...HARLAN...CLAY...

AT 639 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BUMMER TO NEAR NOETOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LONDON...BARBOURVILLE...HARLAN...PINEVILLE...MANCHESTER...MCKEE...
MIDDLESBORO...LOYALL...WALLINS CREEK...SUNSHINE...HAZEL PATCH...
DONARO...BUSH...GIRDLER...SPRULE...CRESSMONT...COTTONGIN...IDA MAY...
BERTHA STATION AND STONY FORK JUNCTION.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HAL ROGERS PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 37.
 INTERSTATE 75 IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND
47...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 68.
 KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN LAUREL COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 11.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 25 EAST IN BELL COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 18.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 25 EAST IN KNOX COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 22.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...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 THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3746 8435 3756 8392 3755 8390 3757 8389
      3759 8378 3672 8325 3670 8334 3667 8343
      3667 8353 3664 8358 3662 8364 3658 8369
      3658 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 261DEG 34KT 3741 8423 3666 8376

GEOGERIAN

Local storm report, Jul 6, 7:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
721 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

KYZ117-062345-
LESLIE-
721 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LESLIE...

AT 721 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WENDOVER...OR OVER
HYDEN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HYDEN...DALEY...CINDA...WOOTON...HOSEA...WENDOVER...SMILAX AND FREW.

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 3715 8346 3723 8331 3720 8328 3720 8326
      3718 8322 3716 8321 3715 8323 3714 8322
      3714 8323 3712 8320 3709 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 250DEG 19KT 3713 8337

JMW

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:33 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:29 PM 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
Jul 6, 8:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	66 min
Jul 7, 3:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Wayne	3 hr
Jul 7, 4:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne	6 hr
Jul 7, 5:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne and 1 more	6 hr
Jul 7, 5:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Powell, Rockcastle and 1 more	6 hr
Jul 7, 6:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Powell and 2 more	6 hr
Jul 7, 4:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd, Jackson and 21 more	31 hr
Jul 7, 4:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	3 hr
Jul 7, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wayne	32 min
Jul 7, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	52 min
Jul 7, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	32 min
Jul 7, 5:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle	3 hr
Jul 7, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley and 2 more	45 min
Jul 7, 6:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Knox, Whitley	3 hr
Jul 7, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley	30 min
Jul 7, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Leslie, Perry	30 min

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