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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY

March 17, 2018Wolfe County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Mar 17, 2018, 7:21 PM EDT for Wolfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2018, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2018, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

County Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 16, 7:41 PM EDT, 23 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 7:41 PM EDT, 23 hours 40 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
Mar 17, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson, Rockcastle	47 min
Mar 17, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd, Magoffin	29 min
Mar 17, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Perry, Rockcastle	30 min
Mar 17, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd, Pike	54 min
Mar 17, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox, Leslie	52 min
Mar 17, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	17 min
Mar 17, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Leslie, Owsley, Perry	49 min
Mar 17, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	24 min
Mar 17, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary	32 min
Mar 17, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, McCreary, Whitley	24 min
Mar 17, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Whitley	31 min
Mar 17, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox	27 min
Mar 17, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie	33 min
Mar 17, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott, Rowan	41 min
Mar 17, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Whitley	32 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.