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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 6, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT for Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 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
- Oct 6, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Wayne County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted.
702
WUUS53 KJKL 070045
SVRJKL
KYC231-070130-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0092.211007T0045Z-211007T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
845 PM EDT Wed Oct 6 2021
The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Wayne County in south central Kentucky...
* Until 930 PM EDT.
* At 844 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
Jamestown, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Sunnybrook, Powersburg and Hidalgo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3661 8496 3663 8500 3668 8500 3669 8502
3675 8501 3672 8480 3661 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 184DEG 19KT 3654 8498
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
GEOGERIAN2 follow-up statements
952
WWUS53 KJKL 070106
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
906 PM EDT Wed Oct 6 2021
KYC231-070130-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-211007T0130Z/
Wayne KY-
906 PM EDT Wed Oct 6 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
At 905 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Slickford, or
13 miles south of Monticello, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Mount Pisgah, Hidalgo, Powersburg, Slickford and Sunnybrook.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3661 8496 3663 8500 3668 8500 3669 8502
3675 8501 3672 8480 3661 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 184DEG 14KT 3665 8491
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
GEOGERIAN818
WWUS53 KJKL 070128
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
928 PM EDT Wed Oct 6 2021
KYC231-070137-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-211007T0130Z/
Wayne KY-
928 PM EDT Wed Oct 6 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 930 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3661 8496 3663 8500 3668 8500 3669 8502
3675 8501 3672 8480 3661 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 184DEG 19KT 3676 8490
$$
GEOGERIANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 8:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 41 min |
| Oct 6, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 37 min |
| Oct 6, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 9:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 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.