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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY

June 13, 2021Bath County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT for Bath County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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: Jun 13, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

County Bath County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 802 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1233 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 13, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 10:10 AM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:30 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
330 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

KYZ044-050-051-132000-
Montgomery-Bath-Fleming-
330 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MONTGOMERY...BATH AND
SOUTH CENTRAL FLEMING COUNTIES...

At 329 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Sharpsburg, or
11 miles northwest of Mount Sterling, moving east at 35 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Owingsville, Marshall, Sharpsburg, Preston, Reynoldsville, Wyoming,
Sideview, Peasticks, Olympia Springs, Flat Creek, Odessa, Stepstone,
Bourbon Furnace, Pebble, Slate Valley, Crooks, Bethel, Polksville,
Stoops and Oakley.

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.

LAT...LON 3829 8359 3820 8361 3819 8364 3818 8362
      3802 8365 3802 8367 3811 8408 3814 8406
      3817 8399 3819 8398 3830 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 279DEG 29KT 3822 8405

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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 13, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Fleming	52 min
Jun 13, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson	34 min
Jun 13, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson	33 min
Jun 13, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Martin	46 min
Jun 13, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle	33 min
Jun 13, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	31 min
Jun 13, 7:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Jackson	111 min
Jun 13, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Owsley	57 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.