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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2021, 4:15 AM EDT for Johnson County, Martin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 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 9, 2021, 4:15 AM EDT (08:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2021, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
Counties Johnson County, KY, Martin County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 805 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1069 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
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</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 9, 4:02 AM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 4:02 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 351 AM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-101100- 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 351 AM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms are possible, mainly during the pre-dawn hours today. Locally heavy rainfall is expected with these storms, which could lead to isolated instances of flooding, especially in low lying areas where multiple storms have moved through. Thunderstorms should dissipate during the day, but chances will return by late tonight, generally along and west of the I-75 corridor. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Thunderstorms are possible each day, especially during the afternoon and evening hours. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are asked to report any instances of flooding from the early morning storms. JMW/CMF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:15 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
415 AM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021
KYZ107-109-110-119-090900-
Martin-Floyd-Johnson-Magoffin-
415 AM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MARTIN...JOHNSON...
NORTHWESTERN FLOYD AND NORTHEASTERN MAGOFFIN COUNTIES...
At 414 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered over Barnetts
Creek, or near Paintsville, moving east at 35 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Paintsville, Prestonsburg, Inez, Warfield, Add, Pilgrim, Oaklawn
Estates, Fitz, Davella, Oil Springs, Whitehouse, Meally, Prince,
Collista, West Van Lear, Williamsport, Offutt, Elna, Milo and Job.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3768 8297 3787 8299 3790 8299 3789 8296
3797 8299 3800 8296 3797 8283 3791 8273
3788 8262 3789 8260 3795 8258 3796 8253
3794 8249 3794 8250 3790 8247 3791 8247
3788 8242 3781 8240 3776 8232
TIME...MOT...LOC 0814Z 273DEG 30KT 3783 8289
FISHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Montgomery, Powell | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 2:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Magoffin, Pike | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Johnson, Martin | 113 min |
| Jul 9, 5:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski | 112 min |
| Jul 9, 5:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 7:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Pike | 116 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.