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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Jackson, KY

June 12, 2021Pulaski County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 4:51 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 min. 13 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: Jun 12, 2021, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Pulaski County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 12, 4:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sw Eubank, KY	TREE KNOCKED DOWN.
Jun 12, 4:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Woodstock, KY	TREE KNOCKED DOWN.
Jun 12, 4:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nne Pulaski, KY	TREE KNOCKED DOWN.
Jun 12, 4:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Eubank, KY	TREE KNOCKED DOWN.
Jun 12, 4:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nw Bobtown, KY	TREE KNOCKED DOWN.
Jun 12, 4:53 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ssw Eubank, KY	TREE KNOCKED DOWN.
Jun 12, 4:56 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Dabney, KY	TREE KNOCKED DOWN.
Jun 12, 4:57 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ese Science Hill, KY	TREE KNOCKED DOWN.
Jun 12, 5:03 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nne Somerset, KY	TREE KNOCKED DOWN.
Jun 12, 5:04 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nw Somerset, KY	TREE KNOCKED DOWN.
Jun 12, 5:07 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Ferguson, KY	TREE KNOCKED DOWN.
Jun 12, 5:18 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Tateville, KY	TREE KNOCKED DOWN.
Jun 12, 5:21 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ssw Tateville, KY	TREE KNOCKED DOWN.

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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1463 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1034 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

506 
WUUS53 KJKL 122051
SVRJKL
KYC199-122130-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0036.210612T2051Z-210612T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
451 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Pulaski County in south central Kentucky...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 451 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Science Hill,
  or 9 miles north of Somerset, moving south at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Science Hill around 455 PM EDT.
  Hogue around 500 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Somerset Pulaski Airport, Burnside, Bronston and Quinton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3719 8479 3728 8467 3727 8451 3689 8453
      3687 8458 3689 8459 3688 8460 3689 8462
      3698 8468 3696 8477 3698 8479 3700 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 007DEG 26KT 3722 8464 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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2 follow-up statements

262 
WWUS53 KJKL 122112
SVSJKL

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
512 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

KYC199-122130-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210612T2130Z/
Pulaski KY-
512 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY...

At 512 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Stab, or 7
miles northwest of Somerset, moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
  Nancy and Naomi.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3719 8479 3722 8474 3721 8452 3689 8453
      3687 8458 3689 8459 3688 8460 3689 8462
      3698 8468 3696 8477 3698 8479 3700 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 008DEG 16KT 3713 8473 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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738 
WWUS53 KJKL 122122
SVSJKL

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
522 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

KYC199-122132-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210612T2130Z/
Pulaski KY-
522 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3719 8479 3722 8474 3721 8452 3689 8453
      3687 8458 3689 8459 3688 8460 3689 8462
      3698 8468 3696 8477 3698 8479 3700 8485
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 007DEG 26KT 3710 8474 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 8:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pulaski	3 hr
Jun 11, 8:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wayne	37 min
Jun 11, 8:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Wayne	3 hr
Jun 11, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wayne	12 min
Jun 12, 12:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Martin, Pike	3 hr
Jun 12, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Fleming	47 min
Jun 12, 2:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Fleming	2 hr
Jun 12, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath, Montgomery	46 min
Jun 12, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Montgomery	36 min
Jun 12, 2:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Montgomery	103 min
Jun 12, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Powell	52 min
Jun 12, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Lee, Powell	41 min
Jun 12, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Estill, Lee	51 min
Jun 12, 4:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Montgomery, Powell	91 min
Jun 12, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle	40 min
Jun 12, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary, Wayne, Whitley	62 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.