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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2021, 3:36 PM EDT for McCreary County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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 26, 2021, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
County McCreary County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 25, 7:58 PM EDT, 19 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 7:58 PM EDT, 19 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 501 PM EDT Sun Jul 25 2021 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-261100- 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 501 PM EDT Sun Jul 25 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...through tonight. Thunderstorms are possible, a few of which may produce isolated strong wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Thunderstorms are possible Monday into Monday evening, mainly south of Interstate 64. Thunderstorms are possible Tuesday afternoon and evening, mainly south of the Cumberland Parkway, Hal Rogers Parkway, Kentucky State Route 80 corridor. Thunderstorms are also possible at times Thursday through Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. HAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 12:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Laurel | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 42 min |
| Jul 26, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Letcher | 23 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.