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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY

July 13, 2021Menifee County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2021, 3:07 PM EDT for Menifee County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 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 13, 2021, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY

County Menifee County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2021-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 328 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2021-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
328 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 Jul 13, 2:59 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:59 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:23 AM EDT, 11 hours 44 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Jackson KY
323 AM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-141030-
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
323 AM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

There is a chance for thunderstorms today and tonight with
localized heavy rain possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Thunderstorms are possible through the period, mainly during the
afternoon and early evening hours each day.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters activation is not anticipated.

CMF/GEOGERIAN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 10:25 AM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1025 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 WSW MALONEY           37.58N 83.69W
07/11/2021                   LEE                KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            COUNTY GARAGE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ISSUES
            ALONG BLAINES BRANCH JUST OFF OF HIGHWAY 52
            PAST THE INTERSECTION WITH ROBINSON HOLLOW
            ROAD. STATED ROUGHLY 2 FEET OF WATER OVER
            THE ROAD AND SOME OF THE BLACK TOP WAS TAKEN
            OUT. THE ROAD WAS CLOSED. A VIDEO WAS ALSO
            SHARED BY THE LEE COUNTY EMERGENCY
            MANAGEMENT FACEBOOK PAGE OF A CULVERT BEING
            WASHED AWAY.

&&

HAS
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:49 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
249 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021

KYZ050-058-059-131915-
Montgomery-Estill-Powell-
249 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN POWELL...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTH CENTRAL ESTILL COUNTIES THROUGH
315 PM EDT...

At 248 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
Stanton, moving northeast at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Stanton, Jeffersonville, Camargo, Clay City, Westbend, Levee, Powell
Valley, Spout Springs, Kimbrell, Cressy, Hargett, Bean, Waltersville,
Palmer, Virden, Vaughns Mill, Hardwick, Iron Mound, Rosslyn and Cat
Creek.

LAT...LON 3791 8375 3790 8376 3788 8373 3775 8399
      3782 8408 3785 8406 3783 8404 3784 8400
      3787 8403 3787 8402 3790 8399 3792 8399
      3793 8397 3795 8398 3801 8393
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 236DEG 23KT 3783 8399

RAY
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMontgomery, Powell31 min
Jul 13, 2:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan3 hr
Jul 13, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPowell26 min
Jul 13, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJohnson32 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.