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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT for Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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 24, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2018, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
County Wayne County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 782 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jun 24, 2:00 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 2:00 PM EDT, 2 hours before
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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:34 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
334 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2018
KYZ083-242000-
Wayne-
334 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
At 334 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Sunnybrook, or
10 miles northeast of Byrdstown, moving east at 15 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Parmleysville, Oil Valley, Coopersville, Burfield, Barrier, Hidalgo,
Rockeybranch, Slickford, Griffin, Mount Pisgah, Powersburg,
Sunnybrook and Cooper.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3661 8496 3663 8500 3668 8500 3669 8502
3672 8502 3676 8500 3679 8468 3672 8469
3660 8478
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 273DEG 15KT 3666 8498
JPSpecial weather statement, Jun 24, 4:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
400 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2018
KYZ083-084-242030-
McCreary-Wayne-
400 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WAYNE AND SOUTHWESTERN
MCCREARY COUNTIES...
At 400 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Sunnybrook, or
11 miles northeast of Byrdstown, moving east at 25 mph.
Wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Parmleysville, Great Meadows Campsites, Oil Valley, Slavens,
Coopersville, Susie, Burfield, Barrier, Kidds Crossing, Hidalgo,
Rockeybranch, Slickford, Ritner, Denney, Griffin, Zula, Mount Pisgah,
Powersburg, Sunnybrook and Cooper.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3660 8486 3662 8499 3663 8500 3668 8500
3669 8502 3672 8502 3675 8501 3677 8501
3677 8500 3683 8463 3660 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 265DEG 22KT 3668 8497
JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knox | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knox | 37 min |
| Jun 24, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.