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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 2018, 12:21 AM EST for Pulaski County, Rockcastle County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2018, 12:21 AM EST (05:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2018, 1:15 AM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Wayne County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:22 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 521 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 667 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 5, 10:42 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 10:42 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 5, 5:08 PM EST, 7 hours 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 508 PM EST Mon Nov 5 2018 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-061200- 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, and South Williamson 508 PM EST Mon Nov 5 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A cold front will bring showers and the possibility of thunderstorms tonight. Some of the thunderstorms or heavy showers may contain strong or damaging winds, with the greatest threat being over south central Kentucky. Heavy rainfall from the showers and thunderstorms could also lead to minor flooding, with the greatest threat of excessive rainfall being to the northwest of a line running through London and West Liberty. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any wind damage or flooding tonight. HAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 12:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Nov 6, 1:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 67 min |
| Nov 6, 1:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 3 more | 60 min |
| Nov 6, 2:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin | 41 min |
| Nov 6, 2:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay, Knott, Leslie, Perry | 54 min |
| Nov 6, 3:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary | 35 min |
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.