Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Jackson, KY
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 4:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Beulah Heights, KY | MULTIPLE 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.
- 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
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
$$
KAS2 follow-up statements
306
WWUS53 KJKL 032014
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
414 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021
KYC147-032024-
/O.CAN.KJKL.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210603T2030Z/
McCreary KY-
414 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MCCREARY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3679 8430 3687 8433 3691 8431 3693 8431
3695 8422 3694 8416 3696 8415 3696 8410
3693 8408 3690 8408 3686 8406 3685 8404
3684 8404 3678 8401 3677 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 259DEG 37KT 3685 8414
$$
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
$$
KAS402
WWUS53 KJKL 032032
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
432 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021
KYC235-032042-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210603T2030Z/
Whitley KY-
432 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WHITLEY COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3679 8430 3687 8433 3691 8431 3693 8431
3695 8422 3694 8416 3696 8415 3696 8410
3693 8408 3690 8408 3686 8406 3685 8404
3684 8404 3678 8401 3677 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 259DEG 37KT 3688 8392
$$
KASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 6:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 7:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Whitley | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 23 min |
| Jun 3, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Rowan | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rowan | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knox, Whitley | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knox, Whitley | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell | 33 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.