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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2022, 1:59 PM EDT for Clay County, Leslie County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2022, 1:59 PM EDT (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2022, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clay County, KY, Leslie County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 487 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 6, 1:53 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 1:53 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 441 AM EDT Wed Jul 6 2022 KYZ060-080-084>088-104-106>120-071145- Menifee-Laurel-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 Frenchburg, London, 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 441 AM EDT Wed Jul 6 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms are possible today and tonight. Some storms could produce strong winds and locally heavy rainfall. High temperatures in the low 90s and high humidity will combine to produce heat indices around 100 this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Thunderstorms are possible area wide at times Thursday through Saturday evening. There is also a slight chance of thunderstorms in south central and southeast Kentucky on Sunday, and a possibility of thunderstorms across the entire area Tuesday afternoon and evening. Some storms may contain strong winds on Thursday and Friday. Thunderstorms could also produce locally heavy rainfall. Persistent warm temperatures and a humid air mass will produce heat indices around 100 degrees in many locations during the afternoons on Thursday and Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report flooding or wind damage the next couple of days. KYZ044-050>052-058-059-068-069-079-083-071145- Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Estill-Powell-Rockcastle-Jackson- Pulaski-Wayne- Including the cities of Flemingsburg, Camargo, Jeffersonville, Mount Sterling, Owingsville, Morehead, Irvine, Ravenna, Clay City, Stanton, Brodhead, Mount Vernon, McKee, Annville, Burnside, Somerset, and Monticello 441 AM EDT Wed Jul 6 2022 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms are possible today and tonight. Some storms could produce strong winds and locally heavy rainfall. High temperatures in the low 90s and high humidity will combine to produce heat indices around 105 this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Thunderstorms are possible area wide at times Thursday through Saturday evening, and again Tuesday afternoon and evening. Some storms may contain strong winds on Thursday and Friday. Thunderstorms could also produce locally heavy rainfall. Persistent warm temperatures and a humid air mass will produce heat indices around 100 degrees in many locations during the afternoons on Thursday and Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report flooding or wind damage the next couple of days. HAS/HAL
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:32 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 4:12 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Montgomery, Powell and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 6, 8:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 11:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Lee, Wolfe | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 12:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Owsley | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin, Wolfe | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 12:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Montgomery, Powell | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 12:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 12:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Perry | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knott | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin, Pike | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Estill, Lee, Powell | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knott | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 2:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 84 min |
| Jul 6, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rowan | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Letcher | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Letcher | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 2:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski | 87 min |
| Jul 6, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Letcher | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 3:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Letcher | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Fleming | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 22 min |
| Jul 6, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Morgan, Powell and 1 more | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Powell | 19 min |
| Jul 6, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Morgan, Powell and 1 more | 1 min |
| Jul 6, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 16 min |
| Jul 6, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee and 6 more | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Owsley, Wolfe | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott, Johnson | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay, Laurel | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie, Letcher | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike | 37 min |
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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.