Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2021, 6:02 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 21 min. 2 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, 2021, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2021, 6:23 PM EDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Laurel County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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, 6:02 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Se Quinton, KY | CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 2 SE QUINTON. |
| Apr 8, 6:12 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Se Quinton, KY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
461
WUUS53 KJKL 082202
SVRJKL
KYC125-147-199-231-082245-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0018.210408T2202Z-210408T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
602 PM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021
The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Wayne County in south central Kentucky...
Southwestern Laurel County in south central Kentucky...
Southeastern Pulaski County in south central Kentucky...
North central McCreary County in south central Kentucky...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 601 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sloans
Valley, or 11 miles south of Somerset, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Somerset, Burnside, Greenwood, Sloans Valley, Alpine, Grade,
Bronston, Ruth, Shopville, Mount Victory, Quinton and Dykes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3681 8459 3689 8472 3725 8442 3707 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 224DEG 33KT 3692 8458
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HAL1 follow-up statement
223
WWUS53 KJKL 082223
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
623 PM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021
KYC125-147-199-231-082233-
/O.CAN.KJKL.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210408T2245Z/
Wayne KY-Laurel KY-Pulaski KY-McCreary KY-
623 PM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...
SOUTHWESTERN LAUREL...SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI AND NORTH CENTRAL MCCREARY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3681 8459 3689 8472 3725 8442 3707 8417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 224DEG 33KT 3703 8419
$$
HALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Lee | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski | 24 min |
| Apr 8, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Laurel, Owsley | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.