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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY

August 15, 2021Pulaski County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 15, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Pulaski County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 223 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: 152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 36 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 Aug 15, 5:16 PM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 5:16 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 4:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
435 PM EDT Sun Aug 15 2021

KYZ083-152100-
Wayne KY-
435 PM EDT Sun Aug 15 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Wayne
County through 500 PM EDT...

At 435 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Cabell, or 11 miles west of Monticello, moving north at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Cabell around 445 PM EDT.
  Parnell around 455 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.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

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LAT...LON 3687 8505 3692 8496 3696 8494 3696 8492
      3695 8491 3695 8489 3670 8488 3670 8502
      3676 8501 3681 8503 3683 8506 3685 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 175DEG 12KT 3679 8505

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

FISHER

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 6:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 14, 8:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Harlan	41 min
Aug 14, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Leslie	36 min
Aug 14, 8:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	91 min
Aug 14, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell	47 min
Aug 14, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary	47 min
Aug 14, 9:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	McCreary	2 hr
Aug 14, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Whitley	44 min
Aug 14, 9:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan, Letcher	43 min
Aug 14, 9:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox	39 min
Aug 14, 10:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Whitley	30 min
Aug 14, 10:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Leslie, Letcher, Perry	44 min
Aug 15, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wayne	25 min
Aug 15, 6:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel	15 min
Aug 15, 7:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Laurel	3 hr
Aug 15, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox, Whitley	48 min
Aug 15, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Letcher, Pike	45 min
Aug 15, 7:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Letcher, Pike	2 hr
Aug 15, 7:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Knox, Leslie, Whitley	2 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.