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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY

August 2, 2019Leslie County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2019, 4:09 PM EDT for Leslie County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 2, 2019, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2019, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

County Leslie County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 316 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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Mixed-layer CAPE: 720 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 2, 4:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 4:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 11:24 AM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 1:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:43 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
409 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2019

KYZ117-022045-
Leslie-
409 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL LESLIE COUNTY...

At 409 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Cinda, or near
Hyden, moving south at 5 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Hyden, Yeaddiss, Big Fork, Hoskinston, Essie, Cinda, Smilax, Daley,
Asher, Causey, Chappell, Wooton, Napier, Cutshin, Wendover and
Stinnett.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 3705 8347 3721 8338 3717 8321 3716 8321
      3715 8323 3714 8322 3714 8323 3712 8320
      3711 8319 3697 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 017DEG 6KT 3712 8331

GREIF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 1, 9:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Wayne	2 hr
Aug 1, 11:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wayne	47 min
Aug 2, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan	36 min
Aug 2, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan	28 min
Aug 2, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan	34 min
Aug 2, 3:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Harlan	114 min
Aug 2, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell	32 min
Aug 2, 4:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Leslie	3 hr
Aug 2, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel	37 min
Aug 2, 4:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	3 hr
Aug 2, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	28 min
Aug 2, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Whitley	24 min
Aug 2, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary	28 min
Aug 2, 5:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pike	3 hr
Aug 2, 5:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Wayne	3 hr
Aug 2, 5:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Knox, Whitley	3 hr
Aug 2, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	37 min
Aug 2, 5:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Pike	3 hr
Aug 2, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary	30 min
Aug 2, 5:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	3 hr
Aug 2, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Whitley	32 min
Aug 2, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	28 min
Aug 2, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel	38 min
Aug 2, 6:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pike	2 hr
Aug 2, 6:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley	3 hr
Aug 2, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.