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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2021, 5:42 PM EDT for Owsley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 48 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 17, 2021, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
County Owsley County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 17, 4:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 4:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 327 PM EDT Sat Jul 17 2021 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-182230- 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 327 PM EDT Sat Jul 17 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon into this evening. Some of these storms will produce torrential downpours, possibly leading to isolated flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There is a possibility of thunderstorms near and south of the Mountain Parkway on Sunday. Locally heavy rainfall may result in isolated instances of flooding. There is a small potential for thunderstorms Monday, Tuesday, and Friday this upcoming week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to forward any reports of flooding through Sunday. CMF/HAS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 5:42 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 41 min |
| Jul 17, 5:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 7:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski | 3 hr |
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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.