Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2021, 11:02 PM EDT for McCreary County, Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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
- Mar 25, 2021, 11:02 PM EDT (03:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2021, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McCreary County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 11:16 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Monticello, KY | TRAINED SPOTTER OBSERVED FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR MONTICELLO. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 10:26 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 2 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 657 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 631 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted.
840
WUUS53 KJKL 260302
SVRJKL
KYC147-199-231-260330-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0008.210326T0302Z-210326T0330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
1102 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 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...
North central McCreary County in south central Kentucky...
* Until 1130 PM EDT.
* At 1101 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Albany, or
13 miles north of Byrdstown, moving northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Somerset, Monticello, Burnside, Susie, Sloans Valley, Nancy,
Barrier, Parnell, Gregory, Bronston, Pulaski County Park and
Somerset Pulaski Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in JACKSON KY.
Damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring
with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM EDT for south central
Kentucky.
LAT...LON 3692 8496 3696 8494 3695 8490 3698 8486
3700 8484 3703 8489 3717 8468 3689 8443
3666 8500 3668 8500 3669 8502 3676 8501
3681 8503 3683 8506 3686 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 233DEG 58KT 3677 8510
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JMW2 follow-up statements
511
WWUS53 KJKL 260317
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
1117 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
KYC147-199-231-260330-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210326T0330Z/
Wayne KY-Pulaski KY-McCreary KY-
1117 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR WAYNE...SOUTHWESTERN PULASKI AND NORTH CENTRAL MCCREARY
COUNTIES...
At 1116 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Steubenville,
or near Monticello, moving northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Somerset, Monticello, Burnside, Susie, Sloans Valley, Nancy, Barrier,
Parnell, Gregory, Bronston, Pulaski County Park and Somerset Pulaski
Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM EDT for south central
Kentucky.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
JACKSON KY.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3692 8496 3696 8494 3695 8490 3698 8486
3700 8484 3703 8489 3717 8468 3689 8443
3666 8500 3668 8500 3669 8502 3676 8501
3681 8503 3683 8506 3686 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 233DEG 58KT 3692 8485
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JMW667
WWUS53 KJKL 260331
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
1131 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
KYC147-199-231-260340-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210326T0330Z/
Wayne KY-Pulaski KY-McCreary KY-
1131 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WAYNE...SOUTHWESTERN PULASKI
AND NORTH CENTRAL MCCREARY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM EDT for south central
Kentucky.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
JACKSON KY.
Remember, a Tornado Warning still remains in effect for portions of
norhteast Wayne and Pulaski Counties until midnight.
LAT...LON 3692 8496 3696 8494 3695 8490 3698 8486
3700 8484 3703 8489 3717 8468 3689 8443
3666 8500 3668 8500 3669 8502 3676 8501
3681 8503 3683 8506 3686 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 233DEG 58KT 3704 8465
$$
JMWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Powell | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott, Menifee | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Montgomery | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knox, Whitley | 23 min |
| Mar 25, 10:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 37 min |
| Mar 25, 11:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 11:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knott, Leslie, Perry | 30 min |
| Mar 25, 11:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 12 min |
| Mar 25, 11:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Letcher | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 11:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 11:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 12:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Fleming | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 12:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Owsley | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 1:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 23 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.