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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY

August 27, 2021Lee County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT for Lee 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

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The facts

Issued: Aug 27, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2021, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 30

County Lee County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 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.

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: 167 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1311 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 50 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 27, 1:11 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 1:11 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 3:55 AM EDT, 9 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 1:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
145 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

KYZ058-111-114-271815-
Lee KY-Estill KY-Owsley KY-
145 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Owsley,
southeastern Estill and Lee Counties through 215 PM EDT...

At 145 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Yellow Rock, or near Beattyville, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size 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...
  Ida May around 150 PM EDT.
  Belle Point, Whynot and Pebworth around 155 PM EDT.
  White Ash around 200 PM EDT.
  Mount Olive, Proctor, Corgleton and Greeley around 205 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include Beattyville, Lower
Buffalo, Fincastle, Maloney, Airedale, St. Helens, Enoch, Primrose,
Monica, Zoe, Fixer and Grass.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3769 8365 3769 8364 3753 8357 3752 8358
      3748 8381 3764 8389 3771 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 254DEG 11KT 3758 8380

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

FISHER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 10:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pulaski	118 min
Aug 27, 12:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Whitley	14 min
Aug 27, 12:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Whitley	26 min
Aug 27, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Montgomery	22 min
Aug 27, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin	16 min
Aug 27, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Morgan	35 min
Aug 27, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Magoffin	20 min
Aug 27, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott	19 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.