Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2021, 9:20 PM EST for McCreary County, Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 min. 3 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
- Feb 28, 2021, 9:20 PM EST (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2021, 9:45 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McCreary County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 9:22 PM EST | TORNADO | 3 Ssw Cabell, KY | THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY CONCLUDED THAT A TORNADO TRACKED OUT OF CLINTON COUNTY AND BRIEFLY INTO WAYNE COUNTY, BEFORE DISSIPATING. DEBRIS FROM CLINTON COUNTY WAS CARRIED OVER INTO WAYNE COUNTY. THE TORNADO NARROWED AS IT CROSSED INTO WAYNE COUNTY, W |
| Feb 28, 9:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Zula, KY | SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON 1009 N ABOUT 2.5 MILES DOWN FROM HIGHWAY 90. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Feb 28, 9:43 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Oil Valley, KY | TOP PORTION OF HOUSE BLOWN OFF. REPORTS OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KJKL 010220
SVRJKL
KYC147-199-231-010245-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0004.210301T0220Z-210301T0245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
920 PM EST Sun Feb 28 2021
The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Wayne County in south central Kentucky...
Southwestern Pulaski County in south central Kentucky...
Northwestern McCreary County in south central Kentucky...
* Until 945 PM EST.
* At 920 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Zula, or 9
miles southwest of Monticello, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Monticello, Whitley City, Burnside, Slavens, Susie, Sloans Valley,
Barrier, Parnell, Gregory, Bronston, Slickford and Ritner.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3692 8496 3696 8494 3696 8492 3695 8490
3697 8488 3700 8454 3670 8449 3667 8500
3669 8502 3676 8501 3681 8503 3683 8506
3686 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 261DEG 50KT 3678 8501
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GREIF2 follow-up statements
561 WWUS53 KJKL 010236 SVSJKL Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service JACKSON KY 936 PM EST Sun Feb 28 2021 KYC147-199-231-010245- /O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210301T0245Z/ Wayne KY-Pulaski KY-McCreary KY- 936 PM EST Sun Feb 28 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EST FOR EASTERN WAYNE...SOUTH CENTRAL PULASKI AND NORTHWESTERN MCCREARY COUNTIES... At 935 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gregory, or near Monticello, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Monticello, Whitley City, Burnside, Oil Valley, Slavens, Coopersville, Sloans Valley, Burfield, Barrier, Kidds Crossing, Gregory and Quinton. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3669 8484 3696 8484 3698 8454 3671 8449 TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 261DEG 50KT 3681 8474 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ GREIF
706
WWUS53 KJKL 010241
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
941 PM EST Sun Feb 28 2021
KYC147-199-231-010250-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210301T0245Z/
Wayne KY-Pulaski KY-McCreary KY-
941 PM EST Sun Feb 28 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WAYNE...SOUTH CENTRAL
PULASKI AND NORTHWESTERN MCCREARY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM
EST...
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. However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3669 8484 3696 8484 3698 8454 3671 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 261DEG 50KT 3682 8466
$$
GREIFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 7:13 PM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 11 hr |
| Feb 28, 7:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay, Leslie, Owsley, Perry | 57 min |
| Feb 28, 7:49 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Laurel and 6 more | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 8:14 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Owsley and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knott, Pike | 59 min |
| Feb 28, 8:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 56 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:22 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Knox and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:22 PM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Clay | 29 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:06 PM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Johnson | 61 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 9:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 9:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 10:02 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:18 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Lee and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox, Leslie | 52 min |
| Feb 28, 10:56 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Owsley and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:18 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Knox and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 2:33 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Lee and 7 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:38 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Magoffin and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:43 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, Pike | 13 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:48 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Jackson, Knott, Magoffin, Owsley and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:52 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Jackson, Knott, Leslie and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:58 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Knott and 12 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:02 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:14 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Perry | 18 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:14 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Letcher | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:55 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Pike | 31 hr |
| Mar 1, 6:10 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 17 hr |
| Mar 1, 6:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Letcher | 74 min |
| Mar 1, 8:08 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Letcher | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:18 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Harlan | 12 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:38 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 17 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Bell | 12 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:00 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Morgan | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:38 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin, Morgan, Rowan | 44 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:59 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Martin, Pike | 25 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:03 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 14 days |
| Mar 1, 5:42 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 9 hr |
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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.