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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Jackson, KY

July 6, 2021Elliott County, Morgan County, Rowan County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2021, 4:20 PM EDT for Elliott County, Morgan County, Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2021, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Elliott County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 1401 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

000 
WUUS53 KJKL 062020
SVRJKL
KYC063-175-205-062100-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0066.210706T2020Z-210706T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
420 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Morgan County in southeastern Kentucky...
  East central Rowan County in east central Kentucky...
  Southwestern Elliott County in east central Kentucky...

* Until 500 PM EDT.

* At 420 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sandy Hook,
  moving west at 5 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Sandy Hook around 430 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Little Sandy.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3815 8301 3802 8301 3800 8302 3798 8302
      3797 8301 3795 8327 3816 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 089DEG 6KT 3806 8310 

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

FISHER

2 follow-up statements

494 
WWUS53 KJKL 062033
SVSJKL

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
433 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

KYC063-175-205-062100-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-210706T2100Z/
Morgan KY-Rowan KY-Elliott KY-
433 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MORGAN...EAST CENTRAL ROWAN AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLIOTT
COUNTIES...

At 433 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Steele, or near
Sandy Hook, moving southwest at 15 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...
  Steele, Lenox and Lick Branch.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3815 8301 3802 8301 3800 8302 3798 8302
      3797 8301 3795 8327 3816 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 052DEG 11KT 3802 8316 

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

FISHER

386 
WWUS53 KJKL 062054
SVSJKL

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
454 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

KYC063-175-205-062103-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-210706T2100Z/
Morgan KY-Rowan KY-Elliott KY-
454 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MORGAN...EAST
CENTRAL ROWAN AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLIOTT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 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.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3815 8301 3802 8301 3800 8302 3798 8302
      3797 8301 3795 8327 3816 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 089DEG 6KT 3802 8320 

$$

FISHER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Montgomery	43 min
Jul 6, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Rowan	49 min
Jul 6, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Morgan	25 min
Jul 6, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott	43 min
Jul 6, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Rowan	47 min
Jul 6, 4:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Elliott	2 hr
Jul 6, 4:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Fleming	2 hr
Jul 6, 5:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Rowan	2 hr
Jul 6, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Morgan	44 min
Jul 6, 5:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Rowan	2 hr
Jul 6, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Fleming	45 min
Jul 6, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Montgomery	38 min
Jul 6, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath, Fleming	28 min
Jul 6, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Montgomery	24 min
Jul 6, 6:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Montgomery	119 min
Jul 6, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Fleming	43 min
Jul 6, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Menifee, Montgomery	41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.