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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2017, 8:39 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 51 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 23, 2017, 8:39 PM EDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2017, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
Counties Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Knox County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 23, 8:12 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 23, 8:16 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
816 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0809 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 NNE BETHEL 38.26N 83.86W
06/23/2017 BATH KY 911 CALL CENTER
WATER OVER ROAD AND CAR STUCK ON LITTLE FLAT - LEDFORD
ROAD JUST NORTH OF BETHEL. EXACT MILAGE FROM CITY
ESTIMATED.
&&
JMWIXSpecial weather statement, Jun 23, 8:22 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
822 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
KYZ050-058>060-106-108-109-111-112-114-240100-
Montgomery-Menifee-Lee-Breathitt-Estill-Owsley-Magoffin-Morgan-
Powell-Wolfe-
822 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT POWELL...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...
SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN...NORTHWESTERN OWSLEY...ESTILL...MENIFEE...
NORTHWESTERN BREATHITT...NORTHWESTERN MAGOFFIN...LEE AND WOLFE
COUNTIES...
At 822 PM EDT, radar indicated showers were located along a line
extending from Cornwell to near Blackburn. Movement was southeast at
40 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these showers.
Locations impacted include...
Stanton, Irvine, Beattyville, Frenchburg, Campton, Booneville,
Simpson, Lewis, Jeffersonville, Clay City, Fincastle, Ravenna,
Wellington, Campsites in the Indian Creek area of the Daniel Boone
National Forrest, Pilot, Turin, Bowen, Cornwell, Kimbrell and
Rothwell.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these showers, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3781 8310 3744 8372 3751 8389 3753 8389
3757 8394 3758 8397 3757 8403 3760 8411
3764 8413 3767 8409 3768 8410 3776 8409
3801 8373 3801 8371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 296DEG 35KT 3795 8372 3767 8415
KASSpecial weather statement, Jun 23, 8:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
839 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
KYZ069-080-085>087-112-114>117-240130-
Jackson-Whitley-Clay-Breathitt-Knox-Perry-Bell-Owsley-Laurel-Leslie-
839 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN LAUREL...CENTRAL
BELL...KNOX...WESTERN LESLIE...OWSLEY...NORTHWESTERN PERRY...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...WHITLEY...SOUTHWESTERN BREATHITT AND CLAY
COUNTIES...
At 838 PM EDT, radar indicated showers were located along a line
extending from Vincent to Blackwater to Krupp. Movement was southeast
at 35 mph.
Winds in excess of 35 mph are possible with these showers.
Locations impacted include...
Williamsburg, Barbourville, Pineville, Manchester, Buckhorn, Turin,
Travellers Rest, Brightshade, Southfork, Swan Lake, Cowcreek,
Fogertown, Goose Rock, Bush, Cranes Nest, Blanche, Krupp,
Shepherdtown, Herron and Hooker.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these showers, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3659 8406 3669 8432 3676 8433 3713 8396
3749 8382 3738 8334 3689 8346 3689 8349
3686 8349 3659 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 296DEG 29KT 3749 8376 3705 8386 3677 8424
KASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Estill, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe | 38 min |
| Jun 23, 8:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe | 110 min |
| Jun 23, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 9:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin | 118 min |
| Jun 23, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 10:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 11:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 12 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.