Alert archive / Kentucky / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2021, 7:44 AM EDT for Powell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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
- Jul 1, 2021, 7:44 AM EDT (11:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2021, 8:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
County Powell County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1557 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>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 Jul 1, 7:31 AM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 7:31 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 4:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 410 AM EDT Thu Jul 1 2021 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-021115- Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Estill-Powell-Menifee-Rockcastle- Jackson-Pulaski-Laurel-Wayne-McCreary-Whitley-Knox-Bell-Harlan- Elliott-Morgan-Johnson-Wolfe-Magoffin-Floyd-Lee-Breathitt-Knott- Owsley-Perry-Clay-Leslie-Letcher-Martin-Pike- Including the cities of Flemingsburg, Camargo, Jeffersonville, Mount Sterling, Owingsville, Morehead, Irvine, Ravenna, Clay City, Stanton, Frenchburg, Brodhead, Mount Vernon, McKee, Annville, Burnside, Somerset, London, Monticello, Stearns, Whitley City, Corbin, Williamsburg, Barbourville, Middlesboro, Pineville, Cumberland, Harlan, Sandy Hook, West Liberty, Paintsville, Campton, Salyersville, Prestonsburg, Wheelwright, Beattyville, Jackson, Hindman, Pippa Passes, Booneville, Hazard, Manchester, Hyden, Jenkins, Whitesburg, Inez, Coal Run, Elkhorn City, Pikeville, and South Williamson 410 AM EDT Thu Jul 1 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms can be expected at times today and tonight as a cold front slowly moves through the area. The storms will bring heavy rainfall to a few locations, which enhances the potential for flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. There is a small chance for thunderstorms in the southeast portion of the area on Friday. Thunderstorms will also be possible over much of the area from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any instances of flooding today and tonight. GREIF/HAS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:44 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rockcastle | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 12:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 12:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rockcastle | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 1:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 1:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 9:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Powell | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Powell | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:37 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 37 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, McCreary and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knott, Leslie, Perry | 3 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021
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.