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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY

July 30, 2018Breathitt County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2018, 4:02 PM EDT for Breathitt County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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: Jul 30, 2018, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2018, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

County Breathitt County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 21 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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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 Jul 29, 7:30 PM EDT, 20 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 7:30 PM EDT, 20 hours 32 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
Jul 30, 6:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Martin	35 min
Jul 30, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt	30 min
Jul 30, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt	24 min
Jul 30, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin	37 min
Jul 30, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt	24 min
Jul 30, 4:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt	3 hr
Jul 30, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wolfe	36 min
Jul 30, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin	24 min
Jul 30, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Powell	28 min
Jul 30, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Powell	28 min
Jul 30, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Powell	36 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.