Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2021, 6:14 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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, 6:14 PM EDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Menifee County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Powell County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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, 6:17 PM EDT | HAIL 0.7 | Slade, KY | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
238
WUUS53 KJKL 082214
SVRJKL
KYC165-175-197-237-082245-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0019.210408T2214Z-210408T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
614 PM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021
The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Powell County in east central Kentucky...
West central Morgan County in southeastern Kentucky...
Menifee County in east central Kentucky...
Northwestern Wolfe County in southeastern Kentucky...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 614 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Haystack, or
8 miles south of Frenchburg, 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...
Frenchburg, Wellington, Campsites in the Indian Creek area of the
Daniel Boone National Forrest, Bowen, Rogers, Stoll, Rothwell, Red
River Gorge, Denniston, Pekin, Slade and Omer.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3789 8334 3772 8365 3785 8380 3803 8363
3802 8361 3801 8361 3801 8358 3806 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 228DEG 34KT 3784 8366
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HAL2 follow-up statements
650
WWUS53 KJKL 082228
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
628 PM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021
KYC197-082237-
/O.CAN.KJKL.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210408T2245Z/
Powell KY-
628 PM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN POWELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3789 8334 3776 8358 3781 8364 3782 8363
3783 8366 3786 8368 3790 8375 3803 8363
3801 8361 3801 8358 3806 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 228DEG 34KT 3793 8354
$$
KYC165-175-237-082245-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210408T2245Z/
Morgan KY-Menifee KY-Wolfe KY-
628 PM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL MORGAN...MENIFEE AND NORTHWESTERN WOLFE COUNTIES...
At 627 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Denniston, or
near Frenchburg, 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...
Frenchburg, Wellington, Campsites in the Indian Creek area of the
Daniel Boone National Forrest, Stoll, Rothwell, Red River Gorge,
Denniston, Pekin, Omer, Dan, Fagan and Maytown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3789 8334 3776 8358 3781 8364 3782 8363
3783 8366 3786 8368 3790 8375 3803 8363
3801 8361 3801 8358 3806 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 228DEG 34KT 3793 8354
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HAL670
WWUS53 KJKL 082247
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
647 PM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021
KYC165-175-237-082256-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210408T2245Z/
Morgan KY-Menifee KY-Wolfe KY-
647 PM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MORGAN...MENIFEE
AND NORTHWESTERN WOLFE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3789 8334 3776 8358 3781 8364 3782 8363
3783 8366 3786 8368 3790 8375 3803 8363
3801 8361 3801 8358 3806 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 228DEG 34KT 3728 8398
$$
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, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 21 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021
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.