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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

April 8, 20207 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2020, 11:18 PM EDT for 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 57 min. 17 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2020, 11:18 PM EDT (03:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2020, 12:15 AM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bath County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 8, 11:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Dalesburg, KY	WIND BLEW OVER 20 FOOT STEEL CARGO CONTAINER 4 MILES NORTH OF FLEMINGSBURG ON HWY 57. REPORT RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Apr 8, 11:39 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ssw Tilton, KY	REPORTED AT WATSON RD., FLEMINGSBURG, KY TREE ACROSS ROAD.
Apr 8, 11:39 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nnw Pebble, KY	REPORTED AT HESTER RIDGE RD., FLEMINGSBURG, KY TREE ACROSS ROAD.
Apr 8, 11:39 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Elizaville, KY	BARN BLOWN ONTO ROAD. REPORTED AT PIKE BLUFF RD., FLEMINGSBURG, KY.
Apr 8, 11:39 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Elizaville, KY	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 2 SW ELIZAVILLE. BARN BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED AT PIKE BLUFF RD., FLEMINGSBURG, KY.
Apr 8, 11:39 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Wsw Goddard, KY	REPORTED AT HOPE HILL RD., FLEMINGSBURG, KY TREE ACROSS ROAD.
Apr 8, 11:39 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ene Flemingsburg Junc, KY	BUILDING LEVELED ON MAYSVILLE RD. NEAR FLEMING COUNTY LINE.
Apr 8, 11:39 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Dalesburg, KY	BARN BLOWN ONTO ROAD. REPORTED AT TAYLOR MILL RD., FLEMINGSBURG, KY.
Apr 8, 11:39 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Wallingford, KY	REPORTED AT WALLINGFORD RD., FLEMINGSBURG, KY LARGE TREE ACROSS ROAD.
Apr 8, 11:39 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Flemingsburg, KY	REPORTED AT DELLSBURG RD., FLEMINGSBURG, KY TREE ACROSS RD.
Apr 8, 11:39 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Tilton, KY	REPORTED AT 111 POPLAR PLAINS RD., FLEMINGSBURG, KY TREE ACROSS ROAD.
Apr 8, 11:52 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nne Waltz, KY	REPORTED AT STACY RD., MOREHEAD, KY TREES ACROSS POWERLINES.
Apr 8, 11:54 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nnw Gates, KY	DOWNED TREE ACROSS POWER LINES.
Apr 8, 11:54 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nnw Haldeman, KY	REPORTED AT EDEN HOLLOW RD., MOREHEAD, KY TREES ACROSS POWERLINES.
Apr 9, 12:00 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Triplett, KY	KY-799 CLOSED AT I-64 CROSSING DUE TO MULTIPLE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.
Apr 9, 12:00 AM EDT	TSTM WND GST 49	1 Sw Munson, KY	KY MESONET - MOREHEAD 4NE.
Apr 9, 12:05 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Flat Creek, KY	911 CALL CENTER INDICATED FALLEN TREE OVER ONE LANE OF US-60 NEAR THE MONTGOMERY/BATH COUNTY LINE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 8, 10:51 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.

Skew-T log-p

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

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2413 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 295 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

902 
WUUS53 KJKL 090318
SVRJKL
KYC011-063-069-165-173-175-205-090415-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0021.200409T0318Z-200409T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
1118 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020

The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Montgomery County in east central Kentucky...
  Bath County in east central Kentucky...
  Northwestern Morgan County in southeastern Kentucky...
  Menifee County in east central Kentucky...
  Fleming County in east central Kentucky...
  Rowan County in east central Kentucky...
  Elliott County in east central Kentucky...

* Until 1215 AM EDT.

* At 1117 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Ripley to near Fairview to 10 miles northwest
  of Georgetown, moving southeast at 65 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Mount Sterling, Morehead, Flemingsburg, Owingsville, Sandy Hook,
  Frenchburg, Marshall, Jeffersonville, Camargo, Wellington,
  Sharpsburg and Salt Lick.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for southeastern
and east central Kentucky.

LAT...LON 3849 8359 3843 8358 3839 8340 3819 8327
      3827 8317 3818 8305 3821 8302 3817 8298
      3818 8292 3811 8289 3803 8301 3786 8368
      3792 8376 3800 8400 3812 8408 3832 8384
      3845 8398 3849 8393 3846 8385 3852 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 297DEG 58KT 3881 8380 3850 8401 3833 8466 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DJ

3 follow-up statements

249 
WWUS53 KJKL 090340
SVSJKL

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
1140 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020

KYC011-063-069-165-173-175-205-090415-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200409T0415Z/
Montgomery KY-Bath KY-Morgan KY-Menifee KY-Fleming KY-Rowan KY-
Elliott KY-
1140 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR MONTGOMERY...BATH...NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...MENIFEE...FLEMING...
ROWAN AND ELLIOTT COUNTIES...

At 1138 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Rome to Goddard to near Paris, moving southeast
at 65 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Mount Sterling, Morehead, Flemingsburg, Owingsville, Sandy Hook,
Frenchburg, Marshall, Jeffersonville, Camargo, Wellington, Sharpsburg
and Salt Lick.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for southeastern
and east central Kentucky.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
 
&&

LAT...LON 3849 8359 3843 8358 3839 8340 3819 8327
      3827 8317 3818 8305 3821 8302 3817 8298
      3818 8292 3811 8289 3803 8301 3786 8368
      3792 8376 3800 8400 3812 8408 3832 8384
      3845 8398 3849 8393 3846 8385 3852 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 297DEG 58KT 3866 8342 3835 8363 3818 8428 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JMW

475 
WWUS53 KJKL 090402
SVSJKL

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
1202 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020

KYC011-063-069-165-173-175-205-090415-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200409T0415Z/
Montgomery KY-Bath KY-Morgan KY-Menifee KY-Fleming KY-Rowan KY-
Elliott KY-
1202 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR MONTGOMERY...BATH...NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...MENIFEE...SOUTHEASTERN
FLEMING...ROWAN AND ELLIOTT COUNTIES...

At 1201 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Load to Farley to Coons Station, moving southeast
at 65 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Mount Sterling, Morehead, Owingsville, Sandy Hook, Frenchburg,
Marshall, Jeffersonville, Camargo, Wellington, Salt Lick, Campsites
in the Indian Creek area of the Daniel Boone National Forrest and
Zag.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for southeastern
and east central Kentucky.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3832 8353 3835 8338 3819 8327 3827 8317
      3818 8305 3821 8302 3817 8298 3818 8292
      3811 8289 3803 8301 3786 8368 3792 8376
      3800 8400 3812 8408 3825 8381 3829 8366
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 297DEG 58KT 3850 8302 3819 8323 3802 8388 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JMW

427 
WWUS53 KJKL 090410
SVSJKL

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
1210 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020

KYC011-063-069-165-173-175-205-090417-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200409T0415Z/
Montgomery KY-Bath KY-Morgan KY-Menifee KY-Fleming KY-Rowan KY-
Elliott KY-
1210 AM EDT Thu Apr 9 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONTGOMERY...BATH...
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...MENIFEE...SOUTHEASTERN FLEMING...ROWAN AND
ELLIOTT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM EDT...
    
The storm which prompted the warning is still ongoing and capable of 
producing damaging winds. The warning will be allowed to expire at 
its designated time, but has been replaced with a new Severe 
Thunderstorm Warning for much of the same area, in effect through 
1245 AM EDT.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for southeastern
and east central Kentucky.

LAT...LON 3832 8353 3835 8338 3819 8327 3827 8317
      3818 8305 3821 8302 3817 8298 3818 8292
      3811 8289 3803 8301 3786 8368 3792 8376
      3800 8400 3812 8408 3825 8381 3829 8366
TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 270DEG 58KT 3847 8295 3816 8316 3799 8381 

$$

JMW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 11:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Fleming, Rowan	32 min
Apr 9, 12:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 1 more	39 min
Apr 9, 12:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley and 2 more	39 min
Apr 9, 12:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Wolfe	31 min
Apr 9, 12:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 2 more	34 min
Apr 9, 12:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Lee	2 hr
Apr 9, 1:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin and 2 more	42 min
Apr 9, 1:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Clay, Leslie	36 min
Apr 9, 1:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry and 1 more	23 min
Apr 9, 2:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Letcher, Perry	16 min
Apr 9, 4:15 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	12 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.