Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2019, 5:42 PM EDT for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 78 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
- Jun 24, 2019, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 78 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Floyd County, KY, Knott County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 1360 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 24, 4:55 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 4:55 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 4:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Jackson KY 425 PM EDT Mon Jun 24 2019 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-252330- 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 425 PM EDT Mon Jun 24 2019 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 439 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...This evening and tonight. Thunderstorms are expected through early evening, with scattered severe thunderstorms anticipated. Damaging wind gusts are the primary threat, though hail up to quarter size, heavy rain, and even an isolated tornado are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. There is also a slight chance of thunderstorms Friday afternoon near the Tennessee and Virginia borders. Thunderstorms will be possible areawide Saturday and Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report instances of damaging winds, hail, and heavy rain through this evening. JP/GUSEMAN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 24, 5:11 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:25 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Jun 24, 5:26 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Jun 24, 5:33 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Jun 24, 5:36 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Jun 24, 5:39 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Perry | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe | 64 min |
| Jun 23, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Wolfe | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Magoffin, Owsley and 1 more | 57 min |
| Jun 23, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Johnson | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wolfe | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Powell | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Johnson | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Powell | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Menifee | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Lee | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley and 2 more | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 4:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Owsley | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 4:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Owsley | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Wolfe | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knott, Letcher, Pike | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019
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.