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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Jackson, KY

July 6, 2021Bath County, Fleming County, Rowan County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2021, 4:43 PM EDT for Bath County, Fleming County, Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 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: Jul 6, 2021, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bath County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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
Jul 6, 4:48 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Moores Ferry, KY	ROWAN COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG KY 1722 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 9.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

905 
WUUS53 KJKL 062043
SVRJKL
KYC011-069-205-062130-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0067.210706T2043Z-210706T2130Z/

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

The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Bath County in east central Kentucky...
  Southeastern Fleming County in east central Kentucky...
  Northwestern Rowan County in east central Kentucky...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 442 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Hilda to Polksville, moving northwest at 10
  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.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Sharkey around 450 PM EDT.
  Ringos Mills around 500 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Peasticks, Plummers Landing, Slate Valley and Wyoming.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3827 8342 3802 8365 3817 8385 3838 8359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 154DEG 7KT 3826 8353 3811 8365 

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

FISHER

2 follow-up statements

483 
WWUS53 KJKL 062103
SVSJKL

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

KYC011-069-205-062130-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-210706T2130Z/
Bath KY-Fleming KY-Rowan KY-
503 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL BATH...SOUTHEASTERN FLEMING AND NORTHWESTERN ROWAN
COUNTIES...

At 503 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Plummers Landing to Marshall, moving northwest at 10
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...
  Plummers Landing, Wyoming and Odessa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3827 8342 3802 8365 3817 8385 3838 8359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 154DEG 7KT 3829 8355 3814 8367 

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

FISHER

810 
WWUS53 KJKL 062125
SVSJKL

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

KYC011-069-205-062135-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-210706T2130Z/
Bath KY-Fleming KY-Rowan KY-
525 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BATH...SOUTHEASTERN
FLEMING AND NORTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 3827 8342 3802 8365 3817 8385 3838 8359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 154DEG 7KT 3833 8357 3818 8369 

$$

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, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott, Morgan, Rowan	40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.