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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY

June 3, 2021Wayne County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2021, 2:52 PM EDT for Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2021, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

County Wayne County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 3, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 3:55 AM EDT, 10 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:52 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
252 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

KYZ083-084-031915-
McCreary-Wayne-
252 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WAYNE AND SOUTHWESTERN MCCREARY
COUNTIES...

At 251 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Powersburg, or
12 miles southwest of Monticello, moving northeast at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Monticello, Parmleysville, Slavens, Susie, Barrier, Gregory, Co-
Operative, Slickford, Ritner, Denney, Kidder, Powersburg, Oil Valley,
Coopersville, Burfield, Kidds Crossing, Hidalgo, Rockeybranch, Betsey
and Delta.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 3661 8496 3662 8499 3663 8500 3668 8500
      3669 8502 3672 8502 3675 8501 3678 8501
      3696 8467 3688 8460 3672 8450 3661 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 242DEG 30KT 3669 8497

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 6:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne	49 min
Jun 3, 7:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Whitley	24 min
Jun 3, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery	40 min
Jun 3, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary	49 min
Jun 3, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	37 min
Jun 3, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath, Rowan	45 min
Jun 3, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Rowan	37 min
Jun 3, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary	40 min
Jun 3, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox, Whitley	45 min
Jun 3, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, Whitley	51 min
Jun 3, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, Whitley	58 min
Jun 3, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell	33 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.