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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY

August 9, 2021Laurel County, Pulaski County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 2:49 PM EDT for Laurel County, Pulaski County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 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 9, 2021, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 50

Counties Laurel County, KY, Pulaski County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 231 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: 788 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

042 
WWUS83 KJKL 091849
SPSJKL

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
249 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
 
KYZ068-069-079-080-116-091930-
Jackson KY-Clay KY-Rockcastle KY-Laurel KY-Pulaski KY-
249 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Laurel, eastern
Pulaski, southeastern Jackson, southeastern Rockcastle and
northwestern Clay Counties through 330 PM EDT...

At 249 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Bent, or 7 miles east of Somerset, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
  Mount Victory around 255 PM EDT.
  Bloss around 300 PM EDT.
  Billows, Pongo and Rockcastle Springs around 305 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include Bunch, Luner,
Bernstadt, Wood Creek Lake, Hightop, Carmichael, Hare, Hazel Patch,
London, Pittsburg, Sublimity City, East Bernstadt, London-Corbin
Airport, Victory, Maplesville, Langnau, Levi Jackson S.P., Atlanta,
Deer Lick, Crawford, Lesbas, Fariston, Mcwhorter and Greenmount.

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 3723 8456 3738 8381 3708 8379 3694 8465
      3696 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 263DEG 31KT 3711 8448 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

GREIF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Montgomery	46 min
Aug 9, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Rockcastle	46 min
Aug 9, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Rowan	44 min
Aug 9, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary, Wayne	40 min
Aug 9, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	49 min
Aug 9, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott	46 min
Aug 9, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	45 min
Aug 9, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Jackson, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley and 1 more	46 min
Aug 9, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Clay, Laurel	38 min
Aug 9, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski	40 min
Aug 9, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox, Laurel, Whitley	49 min
Aug 9, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox	44 min
Aug 9, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary	41 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.