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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY

April 18, 20234 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this red flag warning at Apr 18, 2023, 5:25 AM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 18, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2023, 5:25 AM EDT (09:25 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 18, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 18, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY

Counties Bell County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Pike County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Apr 18, 4:55 AM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 4:55 AM EDT, 30 minutes before
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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.