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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Jackson, KY

June 26, 20244 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2024, 5:02 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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
Jun 26, 2024, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2024, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Breathitt County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Magoffin County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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
Jun 26, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

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 Jun 26, 2:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 5:00 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
332 PM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

KYZ058-059-108-111-262000-
Lee KY-Estill KY-Powell KY-Wolfe KY-
332 PM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN POWELL...
SOUTHEASTERN ESTILL...LEE AND SOUTHWESTERN WOLFE COUNTIES THROUGH 400
PM EDT...

At 332 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Evelyn, or 8 miles west of Beattyville, moving northeast at 20 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...
Beattyville, Fincastle, Pilot, Torrent, White Ash, Leeco, Pinnacle,
Fillmore, Patsey, Alumbaugh, Rogers Chapel, Vada, Evelyn, Texola,
Caryton, Belle Point, Whisman, Monica, Zoe, and See.

THIS INCLUDES Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway between mile markers 31
and 35.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3763 8353 3759 8354 3758 8355 3751 8387
      3762 8396 3785 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 235DEG 16KT 3761 8385

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

VORST
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:12 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:47 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe22 min
Jun 25, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLEstill, Lee, Owsley26 min
Jun 25, 8:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWolfe31 min
Jun 25, 8:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLee, Owsley33 min
Jun 25, 8:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWolfe36 min
Jun 26, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPowell34 min
Jun 26, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLee28 min
Jun 26, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWolfe33 min
Jun 26, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin28 min
Jun 26, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJohnson38 min
Jun 26, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLEstill, Jackson31 min
Jun 26, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike23 min
Jun 26, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFloyd, Knott36 min
Jun 26, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMartin38 min
Jun 26, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLee, Owsley28 min
Jun 26, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt28 min
Jun 26, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLElliott36 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.