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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Jackson, KY

January 9, 201733 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this wind advisory at Jan 9, 2017, 7:55 PM EST for 33 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 10, 2017, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 9, 2017, 7:55 PM EST (00:55 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 10, 2017, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 11, 2017, 12:48 AM EST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
All 33 counties

Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2017-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2017-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 308 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
308 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

317 
WWUS73 KJKL 100055
NPWJKL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
755 PM EST MON JAN 9 2017

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-100900-
/O.NEW.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.170110T1200Z-170111T0300Z/
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...BRODHEAD...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...
MONTICELLO...STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...
BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND...HARLAN...
SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...
SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...BEATTYVILLE...
JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...INEZ...COAL RUN...
ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON
755 PM EST MON JAN 9 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL
  DEVELOP ON TUESDAY. WITH THIS...GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA. THE PLACES THAT WILL SEE THE
  HIGHER WINDS GUSTS GENERALLY WILL BE ALONG THE BLUEGRASS REGION
  AND PORTIONS OF THE LAKE CUMBERLAND REGION. ALSO, LOCALLY
  HIGHER WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY, GENERALLY ABOVE 2000 FEET.

* IMPACTS...LIMBS...POWER LINES...AND WEAKLY ROOTED TREES MAY BE
  DOWNED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT IN CROSS WINDS ESPECIALLY FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

GREIF
4 follow-up statements
323 
WWUS73 KJKL 100903 AAA
NPWJKL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
403 AM EST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THROUGH 1O PM EST TUESDAY...

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-102315-
/O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.170110T1200Z-170111T0300Z/
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...BRODHEAD...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...
MONTICELLO...STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...
BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND...HARLAN...
SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...
SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...BEATTYVILLE...
JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...INEZ...COAL RUN...
ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON
403 AM EST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL
  DEVELOP TODAY. WITH THIS...GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA. THE PLACES THAT WILL SEE THE
  HIGHER WIND GUSTS GENERALLY WILL BE ALONG THE BLUEGRASS REGION
  AND PORTIONS OF THE LAKE CUMBERLAND REGION. ALSO...LOCALLY
  HIGHER WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...GENERALLY ABOVE 2000
  FEET.

* IMPACTS...LIMBS...POWER LINES...AND WEAKLY ROOTED TREES MAY BE
  DOWNED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT IN CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED
  ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

AR
805 
WWUS73 KJKL 102033
NPWJKL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
333 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOW THROUGH 1O PM EST...

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-110300-
/O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0300Z/
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...BRODHEAD...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...
MONTICELLO...STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...
BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND...HARLAN...
SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...
SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...BEATTYVILLE...
JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...INEZ...COAL RUN...
ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON
333 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...NOW INTO THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH HAVE
  DEVELOPED TODAY. WITH THIS...GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA. THE PLACES THAT WILL SEE THE
  HIGHER WIND GUSTS GENERALLY WILL BE ALONG THE BLUEGRASS REGION
  AND PORTIONS OF THE LAKE CUMBERLAND REGION. ALSO...LOCALLY
  HIGHER WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...GENERALLY ABOVE 2000 FEET.

* IMPACTS...LIMBS...POWER LINES...AND WEAKLY ROOTED TREES MAY BE 
  DOWNED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT IN CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY 
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED 
  ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

AR/DJ
900 
WWUS73 KJKL 110245 AAA
NPWJKL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
945 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2017

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-110700-
/O.EXT.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0700Z/
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...BRODHEAD...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...
MONTICELLO...STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...
BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND...HARLAN...
SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...
SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...BEATTYVILLE...
JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...INEZ...COAL RUN...
ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON
945 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ACCOMPANYING SHOWERS.
  WITH THIS...GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE
  EARLY MORNING HOURS OF WEDNESDAY. THE PLACES THAT WILL SEE THE
  HIGHER WIND GUSTS GENERALLY WILL BE CLOSER TO THE BLUEGRASS
  REGION AND PORTIONS OF THE LAKE CUMBERLAND REGION. ALSO...
  LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER THE
  HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...MAINLY ABOVE 2000
  FEET.

* IMPACTS...LIMBS...POWER LINES...AND WEAKLY ROOTED TREES MAY BE 
  DOWNED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT IN CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY 
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED 
  ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

GREIF
657 
WWUS73 KJKL 110548 AAA
NPWJKL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1248 AM EST WED JAN 11 2017

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-110700-
/O.CAN.KJKL.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0700Z/
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...BRODHEAD...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...
MONTICELLO...STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...
BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND...HARLAN...
SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...
SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...BEATTYVILLE...
JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...INEZ...COAL RUN...
ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON
1248 AM EST WED JAN 11 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

NOW THAT THE LINE OF SHOWERS THAT BROUGHT STRONG WINDS TO EASTERN
KENTUCKY TONIGHT HAS EXITED THE AREA...AND WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

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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.