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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Jackson, KY

May 5, 2022McCreary County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2022, 8:17 PM EDT for McCreary County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 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: May 5, 2022, 8:17 PM EDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2022, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County McCreary County, KY

The radar

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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 May 5, 4:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 4:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 3:55 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 5, 5:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 5, 6:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 5, 6:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 5, 7:42 PM EDT, 35 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
May 5, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary	42 min
May 5, 8:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Whitley	38 min
May 6, 9:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Leslie, Perry	23 min
May 6, 10:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Knox, Laurel and 5 more	5 hr
May 6, 10:50 AM EDT	Flood Watch	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	17 hr
May 6, 11:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Whitley	3 hr
May 6, 12:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike	3 hr
May 6, 1:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wayne	22 min
May 6, 1:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell	36 min
May 6, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	38 min
May 6, 1:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan	16 min
May 6, 1:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Leslie and 4 more	7 hr
May 6, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan	35 min
May 6, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	27 min
May 6, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Whitley	34 min
May 6, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan	28 min
May 6, 2:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne	3 hr
May 6, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson	45 min
May 6, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Letcher	34 min
May 6, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley	31 min
May 6, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley	46 min
May 6, 3:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Owsley	26 min
May 6, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Clay, Knox	30 min
May 6, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Lee, Leslie, Owsley and 1 more	42 min
May 6, 3:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Owsley, Perry	25 min
May 6, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Knox, Leslie	24 min
May 6, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox	23 min
May 6, 3:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Knox and 7 more	5 hr
May 6, 3:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Owsley	30 min
May 6, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Leslie, Perry	29 min
May 6, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt	35 min
May 6, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell	26 min
May 6, 4:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Owsley and 1 more	7 hr
May 6, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt	23 min
May 6, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin and 1 more	33 min
May 6, 4:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike	3 hr
May 6, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin	35 min
May 6, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin	25 min
May 6, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher	24 min
May 6, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary, Wayne	34 min
May 6, 4:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more	3 hr
May 6, 4:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Knox, Leslie, Perry	5 hr
May 6, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin	36 min
May 6, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd, Pike	31 min
May 6, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley	38 min
May 6, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Martin	18 min
May 6, 5:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Owsley	3 hr
May 6, 5:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Fleming	3 hr
May 6, 5:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pulaski	3 hr
May 6, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel	42 min
May 6, 6:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	2 hr
May 6, 7:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	3 hr
May 6, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Estill	36 min
May 6, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	45 min
May 6, 7:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	3 hr
May 6, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Estill	25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.