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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY

August 7, 2021Pike County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT for Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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: Aug 7, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

County Pike County, KY

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 236 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1171 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

862 
WWUS83 KJKL 071900
SPSJKL

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
300 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
KYZ120-071930-
Pike KY-
300 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central Pike
County through 330 PM EDT...

At 300 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Biggs, or 11 miles north of Breaks Interstate, moving southeast at 20
mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Fedscreek and Jamboree around 305 PM EDT.
  Mouthcard around 310 PM EDT.
  Toonerville around 315 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3735 8224 3737 8242 3761 8216 3759 8215
      3759 8213 3758 8213 3757 8214 3755 8213
      3756 8208 3753 8205 3755 8204 3754 8202
      3754 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 313DEG 17KT 3745 8224 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

GREIF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 12:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Johnson	33 min
Aug 7, 12:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike	2 hr
Aug 7, 12:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd	40 min
Aug 7, 12:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin	23 min
Aug 7, 1:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Knott, Perry	2 hr
Aug 7, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Martin	24 min
Aug 7, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knott	39 min
Aug 7, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	43 min
Aug 7, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Leslie, Letcher, Perry	40 min
Aug 7, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Letcher	32 min
Aug 7, 2:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Letcher, Pike	3 hr
Aug 7, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan	57 min
Aug 7, 3:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Harlan, Leslie, Perry	3 hr
Aug 7, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan	30 min
Aug 7, 4:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Harlan	3 hr

Nearby

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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.