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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2024, 1:41 AM EDT for 11 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 64 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 27, 2024, 1:41 AM EDT (05:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2024, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:43 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 11:06 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 1289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 533 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
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 26, 11:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 11:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 11:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Jackson KY 1115 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-080-085>088-104-106>120-280315- Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Estill-Powell-Menifee-Rockcastle- Jackson-Laurel-Whitley-Knox-Bell-Harlan-Elliott-Morgan-Johnson-Wolfe- Magoffin-Floyd-Lee-Breathitt-Knott-Owsley-Perry-Clay-Leslie-Letcher- Martin-Pike- 1115 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024 ...TORNADO WATCH 327 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms are expected at times through tonight. Some of the thunderstorms could become strong to severe, with damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes as the main threats. There will also be a risk of localized flash flooding in locations where thunderstorms tend to redevelop and persist over the same place. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Thunderstorms are possible Monday into Monday evening, Wednesday afternoon over extreme eastern and northeastern Kentucky, and area wide again on Saturday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are asked to send in any reports of severe weather or flooding through tonight. KYZ079-083-084-280315- Pulaski-Wayne-McCreary- 1115 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 327 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms are expected at times through tonight. Some of the thunderstorms could become strong to severe, with damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes as the main threats. There will also be a risk of flash flooding in locations where thunderstorms tend to redevelop and persist over the same place. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Thunderstorms are possible Monday into Monday evening, and again on Saturday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are asked to send in any reports of severe weather or flooding through tonight. HAL/GREIF
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 27, 12:08 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson KY
1213 AM EDT Mon May 27 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0333 AM Tstm Wnd Dmg Ashcamp 37.27N 82.43W
05/26/2024 Pike KY 911 Call Center
Trees were reported to have been blown down.
The event time is radar estimated.
&&
JPLocal storm report, May 27, 12:31 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson KY
1231 AM EDT Mon May 27 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0333 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Ashcamp 37.27N 82.43W
05/26/2024 Pike KY 911 Call Center
Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from
Ashcamp. Trees were reported to have been
blown down. The event time is radar
estimated.
&&
JPSpecial weather statement, May 27, 1:13 AM EDT, 28 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
113 AM EDT Mon May 27 2024
KYZ050-058>060-068-069-079-080-108-111-114-116-270600-
Jackson KY-Montgomery KY-Menifee KY-Lee KY-Clay KY-Estill KY-
Owsley KY-Rockcastle KY-Powell KY-Wolfe KY-Laurel KY-Pulaski KY-
113 AM EDT Mon May 27 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT POWELL...NORTHERN LAUREL...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...NORTHWESTERN OWSLEY...ESTILL...NORTHERN
PULASKI...JACKSON...ROCKCASTLE...SOUTHERN MENIFEE...LEE...
NORTHWESTERN WOLFE AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 200 AM
EDT...
At 113 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles north of Richmond to 7 miles northwest
of Conway to 6 miles northwest of Gum Sulphur to near Science Hill.
Movement was east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Stanton, Irvine, Mount Vernon, Beattyville, McKee, Frenchburg, Boone,
Clay City, Fincastle, Science Hill, Ravenna, Wellington, Campsites in
the Indian Creek area of the Daniel Boone National Forrest, Pilot,
Donaro, Travellers Rest, Bummer, Bowen, Kimbrell, and Shop Branch.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway between mile markers 13 and 41.
Interstate 75 in east central Kentucky between mile markers 42 and
72.
Kentucky Highway 80 in Laurel County near mile marker 4.
Kentucky Highway 80 in Pulaski County between mile markers 34 and
37.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM EDT for south central,
southeastern and east central Kentucky.
&&
LAT...LON 3736 8456 3733 8451 3748 8445 3747 8438
3754 8435 3751 8426 3757 8409 3764 8413
3767 8409 3781 8410 3781 8412 3782 8409
3783 8400 3787 8403 3791 8399 3795 8347
3763 8365 3753 8376 3716 8388 3716 8483
TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 259DEG 53KT 3784 8427 3752 8446 3749 8453 3720
8461
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
JPSpecial weather statement, May 27, 1:24 AM EDT, 17 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
124 AM EDT Mon May 27 2024
KYZ044-050>052-059-060-104-106-270600-
Rowan KY-Montgomery KY-Elliott KY-Menifee KY-Morgan KY-Bath KY-
Fleming KY-Powell KY-
124 AM EDT Mon May 27 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN POWELL...MONTGOMERY...
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...BATH...MENIFEE...FLEMING...ROWAN AND WESTERN
ELLIOTT COUNTIES THROUGH 200 AM EDT...
At 123 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Fairview to near Carlisle to near Sideview
to 6 miles northwest of Cressy. Movement was northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Mount Sterling, Morehead, West Liberty, Flemingsburg, Owingsville,
Frenchburg, Marshall, Henry, Jeffersonville, Camargo, Clay City,
Wellington, Sharpsburg, Salt Lick, Fairview, Zag, Pecks Ridge, Levee,
Cornwell, and Elliottville.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway between mile markers 13 and 17.
Interstate 64 in eastern Kentucky between mile markers 105 and 148.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM EDT for southeastern
and east central Kentucky.
&&
LAT...LON 3849 8359 3843 8358 3838 8345 3839 8340
3819 8327 3819 8324 3827 8317 3823 8312
3791 8323 3785 8401 3787 8403 3787 8402
3793 8397 3812 8408 3832 8384 3836 8392
3845 8398 3849 8393 3846 8385 3852 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 243DEG 56KT 3843 8399 3826 8398 3809 8407 3790
8410
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
JPLocal storm report, May 27, 1:41 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson KY
141 AM EDT Mon May 27 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0135 AM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 WNW Mill Springs 36.95N 84.83W
05/27/2024 Wayne KY Law Enforcement
Numerous 911 calls reporting roof collapse
at Conley Bottom Resort main pier on Lake
Cumberland with people trapped on the boats.
&&
CCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 12:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, Whitley | 55 min |
| May 27, 1:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Rockcastle | 47 min |
| May 27, 1:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan | 36 min |
| May 27, 1:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan | 33 min |
| May 27, 1:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Breathitt, Elliott, Estill, Jackson, Lee and 7 more | 35 min |
| May 27, 2:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Owsley | 36 min |
| May 27, 2:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 20 min |
| May 27, 2:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin and 3 more | 45 min |
| May 27, 2:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 20 min |
| May 27, 2:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Leslie and 3 more | 47 min |
| May 27, 3:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd, Harlan, Letcher, Martin, Pike | 51 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.