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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Jackson, KY

August 7, 2023Pike County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2023, 4:44 PM EDT for Pike 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 7, 2023, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2023, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pike County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 7, 10:57 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 250 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 2023-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 409 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 2023-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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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 Aug 7, 4:22 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 4:22 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 5:53 AM EDT, 10 hours 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Jackson KY
553 AM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-081100-
Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Estill-Powell-Menifee-Rockcastle-
Jackson-Pulaski-Laurel-Wayne-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 Flemingsburg, Camargo, Jeffersonville,
Mount Sterling, Owingsville, Morehead, Irvine, Ravenna, Clay City,
Stanton, Frenchburg, Brodhead, Mount Vernon, McKee, Annville,
Burnside, Somerset, London, Monticello, 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
553 AM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of eastern Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected. Some storms could become severe and pose
a threat for damaging wind gusts, large hail, and isolated tornadoes.
Locally heavy rainfall is expected and isolated flash flooding will
also be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Thunderstorms are also possible at times from Wednesday through
Sunday, especially during the afternoon and evening hours. Locally
heavy rainfall will be possible Wednesday and Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report any instances of severe weather
today.

GEOGERIAN/GEERTSON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:58 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 10:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMcCreary, Wayne31 min
Aug 7, 11:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnox31 min
Aug 7, 12:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley31 min
Aug 7, 12:38 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie37 min
Aug 7, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie35 min
Aug 7, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFleming34 min
Aug 7, 1:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Clay, Knox, Whitley2 hr
Aug 7, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWolfe32 min
Aug 7, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatJKLBell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher17 min
Aug 7, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt, Owsley28 min
Aug 7, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan40 min
Aug 7, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Rowan36 min
Aug 7, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLHarlan31 min
Aug 7, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin37 min
Aug 7, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt, Knott33 min
Aug 7, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan39 min
Aug 7, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 1 more34 min
Aug 7, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Elliott, Johnson, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan35 min
Aug 7, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Martin34 min
Aug 7, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLElliott, Morgan38 min
Aug 7, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin24 min
Aug 7, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin26 min
Aug 7, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Magoffin, Morgan24 min
Aug 7, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin32 min
Aug 7, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin, Wolfe37 min
Aug 7, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Martin30 min
Aug 7, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFloyd32 min
Aug 7, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPike32 min
Aug 7, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMartin27 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.