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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2020, 7:40 PM EDT for Knott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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
- Aug 6, 2020, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2020, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
County Knott County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 317 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Aug 6, 4:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 4:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:40 PM EDT, 4 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Jackson KY 340 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2020 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-072245- 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 340 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms can be expected at times through the evening mainly across southeast Kentucky. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms will be possible near the Virginia border again on Friday. Thunderstorms will also be possible at times from Monday through Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. DJ/GREIF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:03 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
703 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2020
KYZ086-087-062330-
Knox-Bell-
703 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2020
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BELL AND EASTERN
KNOX COUNTIES...
At 703 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Dewitt, or 7
miles east of Barbourville, moving east at 15 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Pineville, East Pineville, Artemus, Wallsend, Varilla, Barnyard,
Ponza, Salt Gum, Beverly, Stony Fork Junction, Field, Erose, Straight
Creek, Blanche, Mills, Cary, Rella, Fourmile, Wasioto and Avis.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3679 8387 3697 8379 3693 8351 3692 8349
3690 8351 3689 8349 3685 8349 3667 8357
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 289DEG 12KT 3687 8375
DJSpecial weather statement, Aug 6, 7:40 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service JACKSON KY 740 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2020 KYZ109-112-113-070015- Breathitt-Knott-Magoffin- 740 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2020 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN KNOTT... SOUTHEASTERN BREATHITT AND SOUTHEASTERN MAGOFFIN COUNTIES... At 740 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Noble, or 10 miles southeast of Jackson, moving east at 15 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Hindman, Decoy, Buck, Evanston, Noble, Elmrock, Vail, Lunah, Yellow Mountain, Bearville, Lambric, Tina, Daisydell, Orchard, Vest and Waldo. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. LAT...LON 3732 8299 3749 8327 3757 8321 3758 8292 TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 281DEG 12KT 3750 8320 DJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott | 50 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.