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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Mar 18, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT for Whitley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 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
- Mar 18, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
County Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
094 WWUS83 KJKL 181908 SPSJKL Special Weather Statement National Weather Service JACKSON KY 308 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021 KYZ085>087-181945- Whitley-Knox-Bell- 308 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL BELL...SOUTHWESTERN KNOX AND SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY COUNTIES... At 308 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Pleasant View, or near Williamsburg, moving northeast at 25 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Williamsburg, Barbourville, Julip, Gatliff, Emlyn, Swan Lake, Hubbs, Clate, Birdseye, Ingram, Red Ash, Verne, Gausdale, Pleasant View, King, Louden, Bryants Store, Polly Camp, Wheeler and Nevisdale. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. LAT...LON 3661 8413 3669 8423 3691 8392 3671 8374 TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 240DEG 21KT 3669 8410 $$ JMW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 10:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan, Letcher | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 10:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Letcher | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 12:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Johnson, Martin | 44 min |
| Mar 18, 12:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Martin | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Menifee, Morgan | 38 min |
| Mar 18, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan | 42 min |
| Mar 18, 1:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott | 23 min |
| Mar 18, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan, Rowan | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell | 27 min |
| Mar 18, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell | 30 min |
| Mar 18, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rockcastle | 26 min |
| Mar 18, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie | 34 min |
| Mar 18, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Montgomery | 32 min |
| Mar 18, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 26 min |
| Mar 18, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knott | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Estill | 29 min |
| Mar 18, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Letcher | 36 min |
| Mar 18, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt | 26 min |
| Mar 18, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 24 min |
| Mar 18, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Lee | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin | 36 min |
| Mar 18, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knox | 25 min |
| Mar 18, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wolfe | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay | 30 min |
| Mar 18, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Perry | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 5:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Knox | 5 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Leslie, Owsley, Perry | 5 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay | 30 min |
| Mar 18, 5:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Knox, Leslie, Owsley, Perry | 5 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie, Perry | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin | 32 min |
| Mar 18, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 5:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd, Martin | 29 min |
| Mar 18, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Perry | 36 min |
| Mar 18, 5:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin | 5 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin | 34 min |
| Mar 18, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Letcher | 32 min |
| Mar 18, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 6:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 25 min |
| Mar 18, 6:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Martin | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Johnson | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 6:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 7:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 7:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie | 3 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.