Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2021, 8:09 PM EDT for Bell County, Harlan County, Leslie County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 14, 2021, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bell County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Leslie County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:17 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bledsoe, KY | FEW TREES DOWN IN THE BLEDSOE AREA NEAR THE LESLIE COUNTY LINE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
763
WUUS53 KJKL 150009
SVRJKL
KYC013-095-131-150045-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0085.210815T0009Z-210815T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
809 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021
The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Harlan County in southeastern Kentucky...
Northeastern Bell County in southeastern Kentucky...
Southern Leslie County in southeastern Kentucky...
* Until 845 PM EDT.
* At 808 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Baxter, or
near Harlan, moving northwest at 20 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...
Bledsoe around 820 PM EDT.
Spruce Pine around 825 PM EDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Warbranch.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3692 8356 3694 8353 3694 8351 3696 8351
3709 8335 3688 8316 3677 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 136DEG 16KT 3690 8333
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
FISHER2 follow-up statements
898
WWUS53 KJKL 150016
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
816 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021
KYC013-095-131-150045-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-210815T0045Z/
Harlan KY-Bell KY-Leslie KY-
816 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HARLAN...NORTHEASTERN BELL AND SOUTHERN LESLIE
COUNTIES...
At 816 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bledsoe, or
near Harlan, moving northwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe storm will be near...
Bledsoe around 820 PM EDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Spruce Pine and Warbranch.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3692 8356 3694 8353 3694 8351 3696 8351
3709 8335 3688 8316 3677 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 133DEG 14KT 3691 8335
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
FISHER366
WWUS53 KJKL 150041
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
841 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021
KYC013-095-131-150051-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-210815T0045Z/
Harlan KY-Bell KY-Leslie KY-
841 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HARLAN...
NORTHEASTERN BELL AND SOUTHERN LESLIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 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 heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3692 8356 3694 8353 3694 8351 3696 8351
3709 8335 3688 8316 3677 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 136DEG 16KT 3698 8343
$$
FISHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 8:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 91 min |
| Aug 14, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 9:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Whitley | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan, Letcher | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 9:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knox | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 10:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Whitley | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 6:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Laurel | 15 min |
| Aug 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knox, Whitley | 48 min |
| Aug 15, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Letcher, Pike | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 7:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Letcher, Pike | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 7:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox, Leslie, Whitley | 2 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.