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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Jackson, KY

May 6, 202033 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this frost advisory at May 6, 2020, 4:04 PM EDT for 33 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at May 7, 2020, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2020, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
In effect from: May 7, 2020, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 7, 2020, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

All 33 counties

Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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 frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at May 5, 5:37 PM EDT, 22 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 5:37 PM EDT, 22 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 5:22 PM EDT, 22 hours 42 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
May 6, 3:47 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	4 days
May 6, 4:00 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	49 hr
May 6, 4:02 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Knox	12 hr
May 6, 5:49 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Owsley	15 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Kentucky, 2020 Every frost advisory in 2020

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.