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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY

July 18, 2021Pulaski County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2021, 1:59 AM EDT for Pulaski 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 18, 2021, 1:59 AM EDT (05:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2021, 2:45 AM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

County Pulaski County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 433 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 849 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1169 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 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 Jul 17, 7:40 PM EDT, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 7:40 PM EDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 3:27 PM EDT, 10 hours 32 minutes before

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 8:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Pulaski	2 hr
Jul 17, 8:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel, Rockcastle	3 hr
Jul 17, 9:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel	5 hr
Jul 17, 10:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Knox, Laurel, Whitley	3 hr
Jul 17, 10:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Laurel	3 hr
Jul 17, 11:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Laurel	2 hr
Jul 17, 11:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Leslie	2 hr
Jul 18, 2:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pulaski	82 min
Jul 18, 2:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel	40 min
Jul 18, 2:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Knox, Laurel, Whitley	3 hr
Jul 18, 2:57 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Laurel, Whitley	3 hr
Jul 18, 3:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Harlan, Letcher	3 hr
Jul 18, 4:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, Whitley	2 hr
Jul 18, 4:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	101 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.