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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Jackson, KY

June 3, 2021McCreary County, Whitley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2021, 3:53 PM EDT for McCreary County, Whitley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 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
Jun 3, 2021, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties McCreary County, KY, Whitley County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 4:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wnw Beulah Heights, KYMULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 1045.

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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 228 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2021-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 300 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2021-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

633 
WUUS53 KJKL 031953
SVRJKL
KYC147-235-032030-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0031.210603T1953Z-210603T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
353 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central McCreary County in south central Kentucky...
  Northwestern Whitley County in south central Kentucky...

* Until 430 PM EDT.

* At 352 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Beulah
  Heights, moving east 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...
  Honeybee, Perkins, Greenwood, Parkers Lake, Beulah Heights,
  Cumberland Falls S.P., Barton, Grove, Clio, Goldbug, Deering and
  Walden.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3687 8458 3689 8455 3695 8420 3694 8416
      3696 8415 3697 8411 3693 8408 3690 8408
      3689 8407 3686 8406 3685 8404 3678 8401
      3674 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 259DEG 37KT 3681 8442 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KAS
2 follow-up statements
306 
WWUS53 KJKL 032014
SVSJKL

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
414 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

KYC147-032024-
/O.CAN.KJKL.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210603T2030Z/
McCreary KY-
414 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MCCREARY 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 3679 8430 3687 8433 3691 8431 3693 8431
      3695 8422 3694 8416 3696 8415 3696 8410
      3693 8408 3690 8408 3686 8406 3685 8404
      3684 8404 3678 8401 3677 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 259DEG 37KT 3685 8414 

$$

KYC235-032030-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210603T2030Z/
Whitley KY-
414 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WHITLEY COUNTY...

At 414 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Walden, or 8
miles north of Williamsburg, moving east at 45 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...
Perkins, Barton, Grove, Clio, Goldbug, Deering, Walden, Rockholds,
Woodbine, Krupp, Faber and Wofford.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3679 8430 3687 8433 3691 8431 3693 8431
      3695 8422 3694 8416 3696 8415 3696 8410
      3693 8408 3690 8408 3686 8406 3685 8404
      3684 8404 3678 8401 3677 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 259DEG 37KT 3685 8414 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KAS
402 
WWUS53 KJKL 032032
SVSJKL

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
432 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

KYC235-032042-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210603T2030Z/
Whitley KY-
432 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WHITLEY COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3679 8430 3687 8433 3691 8431 3693 8431
      3695 8422 3694 8416 3696 8415 3696 8410
      3693 8408 3690 8408 3686 8406 3685 8404
      3684 8404 3678 8401 3677 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 259DEG 37KT 3688 8392 

$$

KAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLaurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne49 min
Jun 3, 7:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLClay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Whitley24 min
Jun 3, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWayne23 min
Jun 3, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery40 min
Jun 3, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMcCreary49 min
Jun 3, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath, Rowan45 min
Jun 3, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLRowan37 min
Jun 3, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMcCreary40 min
Jun 3, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnox, Whitley45 min
Jun 3, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Knox, Whitley51 min
Jun 3, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Knox, Whitley58 min
Jun 3, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBell33 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.