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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Jackson, KY

March 15, 2024Fleming County, Rowan County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2024, 12:55 AM EDT for Fleming County, Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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
Mar 15, 2024, 12:55 AM EDT (04:55 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2024, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fleming County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 14, 10:17 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 00:00Z on 2024-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 966 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 00:00Z on 2024-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
966 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.2

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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 Mar 14, 10:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 10:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 12:25 AM EDT, 30 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Jackson KY
1225 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 2024

KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-160430-
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 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
1225 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Overnight.

Thunderstorms will affect much of the area through the night. A few
storms may reach severe levels with damaging winds the primary
threat. Small hail is also possible with any stronger storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

There is a chance of thunderstorms Friday, with any activity
departing to the southeast late Friday afternoon into Friday
evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to pass on any reports of wind damage or
hail overnight.

KYZ044-050>052-160430-
Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-
Including the cities of Flemingsburg, Camargo, Jeffersonville,
Mount Sterling, Owingsville, and Morehead
1225 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 2024

...TORNADO WATCH 49 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...Overnight.

Thunderstorms will affect much of the area through the night. A few
storms may reach severe levels, with damaging winds and an isolated
tornado the primary threats. Large hail will be a secondary threat
from any of the stronger storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

There is a chance of thunderstorms Friday, with any activity
departing to the southeast late Friday afternoon into Friday
evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to pass on any reports of severe weather
overnight.

JP/GREIF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 12:51 AM EDT, 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
1251 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 2024

KYZ044-051-052-150515-
Rowan KY-Bath KY-Fleming KY-
1251 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 2024

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Bath,
Fleming and north central Rowan Counties through 115 AM EDT...

At 1250 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Lewisburg to near Cowan to near Paris.
Movement was east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Flemingsburg, Cowan, Tilton, Pecks Ridge, Nepton, Elizaville, and
  Craintown around 1255 AM EDT.
  Sherburne, Mount Carmel, and Bethel around 100 AM EDT.
  Sharpsburg, Wallingford, Poplar Plains, and Foxport around 105 AM
  EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for east central
Kentucky.

&&

LAT...LON 3849 8359 3843 8358 3840 8348 3838 8345
      3840 8341 3836 8338 3835 8338 3819 8376
      3820 8397 3832 8384 3836 8388 3835 8390
      3837 8390 3836 8392 3843 8396 3848 8392
      3846 8385 3852 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 268DEG 39KT 3853 8383 3837 8394 3825 8420

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

VORST

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 12:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFleming24 min
Mar 15, 1:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath, Montgomery, Rowan45 min
Mar 15, 1:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan38 min
Mar 15, 1:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Pulaski and 2 more38 min
Mar 15, 1:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLElliott, Morgan36 min
Mar 15, 2:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt, Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Knox, Laurel and 4 more30 min
Mar 15, 2:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt, Clay, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Leslie and 3 more44 min
Mar 15, 3:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFloyd, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike28 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.