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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Jackson, KY

August 29, 2022Leslie County, Perry County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2022, 7:31 PM EDT for Leslie County, Perry 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
Aug 29, 2022, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2022, 8:02 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Leslie County, KY, Perry County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 255 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2022-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1502 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2022-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1502 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 1:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFleming36 min
Aug 29, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath30 min
Aug 29, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath, Estill, Montgomery28 min
Aug 29, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPerry44 min
Aug 29, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMontgomery40 min
Aug 29, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPowell36 min
Aug 29, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMontgomery, Powell34 min
Aug 29, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLeslie33 min
Aug 29, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath49 min
Aug 29, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLeslie43 min
Aug 29, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMenifee38 min
Aug 29, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin47 min
Aug 29, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPerry44 min
Aug 29, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMartin33 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.