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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY

July 27, 20164 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2016, 11:06 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2016, 11:06 PM EDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2016, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

Counties Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knox County, KY

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 27, 7:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 7:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 3:15 PM EDT, 7 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
315 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2016

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-282215-
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
315 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

HEAT INDICES IN THE 90 TO 100 DEGREE RANGE WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. GUSTY WINDS MAY BE POSSIBLE...BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME ISOLATED INSTANCES OF
FLASH FLOODING.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...
MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MOST INTENSE
STORMS MAY BRING STRONG WIND GUSTS. THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLOODING IN LOCATIONS WHERE
THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY OCCUR. THE GREATEST RISK OF EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF FLOODING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

JVM/ABE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
521 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2016

KYZ085-086-272200-
KNOX-WHITLEY-
521 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT KNOX...AND WHITLEY COUNTIES...

AT 520 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER DIXIE...OR 7 MILES
EAST OF WILLIAMSBURG. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LUCKY...DIXIE...NEVISDALE...GAUSDALE...CLATE...SUTTONS MILL...
VERNE...LOUDEN...KING...YADEN...SAXTON...PACKARD...SWAN LAKE...
SILER...PERKINS...POLLY CAMP...GATLIFF...CARPENTER...
PERMON AND JULIP.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY NEAR MILE MARKER
3.

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 3663 8412 3682 8412 3684 8392 3665 8395
      3663 8395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 273DEG 2KT 3672 8403

ABE

Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 7:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 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 27, 8:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Magoffin, Perry	116 min
Jul 27, 8:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pulaski	2 hr
Jul 27, 9:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle	3 hr
Jul 27, 9:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	38 min
Jul 27, 10:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Jackson, Lee, Owsley	4 hr
Jul 27, 10:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle	3 hr
Jul 27, 10:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley	45 min
Jul 27, 10:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Montgomery	26 min
Jul 27, 10:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley	3 hr
Jul 27, 11:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan, Leslie, Perry	47 min
Jul 27, 11:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan, Leslie, Perry	12 hr
Jul 27, 11:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie	3 hr
Jul 28, 10:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery	3 hr
Jul 28, 11:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Rowan	113 min
Jul 28, 11:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Elliott, Fleming, Rowan	3 hr
Jul 28, 11:42 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 28, 12:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 28, 3:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley	113 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.