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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2021, 9:29 PM EDT for 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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
- May 28, 2021, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
Counties Estill County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Lee County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 28, 7:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 7:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 28, 4:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
412 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
KYZ085>087-282045-
Whitley-Knox-Bell-
412 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BELL...CENTRAL KNOX AND
SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY COUNTIES...
At 411 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Gausdale, or 8
miles southwest of Barbourville, moving east at 35 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Barbourville, Pineville, Artemus, Varilla, Swan Lake, Clate,
Birdseye, Barnyard, Ponza, Gausdale, King, Erose, Louden, Blanche,
Cubage, Rella, Clear Creek Springs, Wasioto, Avis and Siler.
LAT...LON 3683 8408 3696 8361 3696 8359 3694 8355
3670 8349 3665 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 257DEG 31KT 3677 8396
DJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott, Estill, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 37 min |
| May 28, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.