Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 2021, 8:55 AM EDT for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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
- Sep 22, 2021, 8:55 AM EDT (12:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2021, 9:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knox County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Perry County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 9:42 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wooton, KY | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM WOOTON. LESLIE COUNTY 911 CALL CENTER REPORTED TELEPHONE LINES DOWN BLOCKING BOTH LANES OF HIGHWAY 80 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH WOOTON RD. |
| Sep 22, 9:42 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wooton, KY | LESLIE COUNTY 911 CALL CENTER REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN BLOCKING BOTH LANES OF HIGHWAY 80 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH WOOTON RD. |
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, 0.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
478 WUUS53 KJKL 221255 SVRJKL KYC013-051-095-121-131-193-221345- /O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0088.210922T1255Z-210922T1345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service JACKSON KY 855 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 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... Northeastern Knox County in southeastern Kentucky... Leslie County in southeastern Kentucky... Western Perry County in southeastern Kentucky... Southeastern Clay County in southeastern Kentucky... * Until 945 AM EDT. * At 855 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Goose Rock to Wallsend, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Botto around 900 AM EDT. Kettle Island around 905 AM EDT. Marcum around 910 AM EDT. Bear Branch around 915 AM EDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Bobs Fork and Saylor. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3728 8332 3689 8323 3671 8374 3712 8376 TIME...MOT...LOC 1255Z 236DEG 29KT 3707 8371 3678 8372 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ FISHER
2 follow-up statements
150 WWUS53 KJKL 221313 SVSJKL Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service JACKSON KY 913 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 KYC013-051-095-121-131-193-221345- /O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-210922T1345Z/ Harlan KY-Bell KY-Knox KY-Leslie KY-Perry KY-Clay KY- 913 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN HARLAN...NORTHEASTERN BELL...EASTERN KNOX... LESLIE...WESTERN PERRY AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES... At 912 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Bear Branch to Stony Fork Junction, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Bobs Fork, Thousandsticks, Dryhill, Chappell and Napier. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3728 8332 3689 8323 3675 8365 3715 8367 TIME...MOT...LOC 1312Z 240DEG 34KT 3714 8354 3685 8355 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ FISHER
493
WWUS53 KJKL 221339
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
939 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021
KYC013-051-095-121-131-193-221349-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-210922T1345Z/
Harlan KY-Bell KY-Knox KY-Leslie KY-Perry KY-Clay KY-
939 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HARLAN...
NORTHEASTERN BELL...EASTERN KNOX...LESLIE...WESTERN PERRY AND
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 AM EDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
LAT...LON 3728 8332 3689 8323 3675 8365 3715 8367
TIME...MOT...LOC 1339Z 236DEG 29KT 3725 8333 3696 8334
$$
FISHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 8:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie | 40 min |
| Sep 22, 9:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more | 48 min |
| Sep 22, 9:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin | 40 min |
| Sep 22, 10:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan and 1 more | 40 min |
| Sep 22, 10:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Pike | 47 min |
| Sep 22, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 27 min |
| Sep 22, 10:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 47 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.