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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2021, 8:28 PM EDT for Bell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 14, 2021, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2021, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Bell County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 1476 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 941 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
406
WUUS53 KJKL 150028
SVRJKL
KYC013-150115-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0086.210815T0028Z-210815T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
828 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021
The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Bell County in southeastern Kentucky...
* Until 915 PM EDT.
* At 828 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Binghamtown,
or over Middlesboro, moving northwest 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...
Binghamtown around 840 PM EDT.
Noetown around 845 PM EDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Meldrum, Ferndale and Clear Creek Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8388 3679 8368 3665 8356 3664 8358
3664 8361 3662 8363 3662 8364 3658 8369
3658 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 139DEG 5KT 3663 8369
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
FISHER2 follow-up statements
886
WWUS53 KJKL 150045
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
845 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021
KYC013-150115-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-210815T0115Z/
Bell KY-
845 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BELL COUNTY...
At 845 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Meldrum, or
near Middlesboro, moving northwest at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Clear Creek Springs and Davisburg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8388 3679 8368 3665 8356 3664 8358
3664 8361 3662 8363 3662 8364 3658 8369
3658 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 139DEG 7KT 3666 8372
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
FISHER139
WWUS53 KJKL 150107
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
907 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021
KYC013-150117-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-210815T0115Z/
Bell KY-
907 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BELL COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 915 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 3665 8388 3679 8368 3665 8356 3664 8358
3664 8361 3662 8363 3662 8364 3658 8369
3658 8380
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 139DEG 5KT 3668 8374
$$
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, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 8:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 91 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.