Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2024
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2024, 8:04 AM EDT for McCreary County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2024, 8:04 AM EDT (12:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2024, 8:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McCreary County, KY, Wayne County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:12 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Pisgah, KY | Large tree down on power lines along Highway 167 near Patten Creek Rd. Time estimated by radar. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 2219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 640 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KJKL 081204
SVRJKL
KYC147-231-081230-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0021.240508T1204Z-240508T1230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
804 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024
The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Wayne County in south central Kentucky...
Southern McCreary County in south central Kentucky...
* Until 830 AM EDT.
* At 803 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Powersburg,
or 12 miles southwest of Monticello, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Slickford around 810 AM EDT.
Great Meadows Campsites around 815 AM EDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Co-
Operative.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3660 8486 3661 8496 3662 8499 3663 8500
3668 8500 3669 8502 3672 8502 3676 8501
3680 8502 3679 8435 3660 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 1203Z 275DEG 44KT 3669 8496
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
DJ2 follow-up statements
691
WWUS53 KJKL 081217
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
817 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024
KYC147-231-081230-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240508T1230Z/
Wayne KY-McCreary KY-
817 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHERN MCCREARY COUNTIES...
At 817 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Parmleysville,
or 12 miles southeast of Monticello, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe storm will be near...
Great Meadows Campsites around 820 AM EDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Blue
Heron, Stearns and Strunk.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3660 8486 3661 8495 3665 8493 3668 8493
3671 8494 3675 8493 3680 8492 3679 8435
3660 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 1217Z 275DEG 44KT 3667 8475
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
DJ964
WWUS53 KJKL 081228
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
828 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024
KYC147-231-081237-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240508T1230Z/
Wayne KY-McCreary KY-
828 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND
SOUTHERN MCCREARY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 AM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has expired but has been
replaced with a new warning.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
JACKSON KY.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Wayne, McCreary, and Whitley Counties.
&&
LAT...LON 3660 8486 3661 8495 3665 8493 3668 8493
3671 8494 3675 8493 3680 8492 3679 8435
3660 8438
TIME...MOT...LOC 1227Z 275DEG 44KT 3666 8462
$$
JMWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Fleming | 30 min |
| May 7, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 26 min |
| May 8, 1:47 AM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 29 hr |
| May 8, 2:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 44 min |
| May 8, 4:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 51 min |
| May 8, 5:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Floyd, Lee, Magoffin, Wolfe | 40 min |
| May 8, 6:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Wayne | 55 min |
| May 8, 7:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 67 min |
| May 8, 7:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 37 min |
| May 8, 8:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 49 min |
| May 8, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 28 min |
| May 8, 4:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 118 min |
| May 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 30 min |
| May 8, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knox | 25 min |
| May 8, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rockcastle | 33 min |
| May 8, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rockcastle | 26 min |
| May 8, 6:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 6 hr |
| May 8, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay | 29 min |
| May 8, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay | 30 min |
| May 8, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rockcastle | 40 min |
| May 8, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 43 min |
| May 8, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 35 min |
| May 8, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.