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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2024, 1:22 AM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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, 1:22 AM EDT (05:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2024, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bath County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Rowan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 10:17 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 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 Mar 14, 10:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 10:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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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, 31 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.
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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
VORSTSpecial weather statement, Mar 15, 1:15 AM EDT, 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 12:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Fleming | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 12:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 1:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Montgomery, Rowan | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 1:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Pulaski and 2 more | 38 min |
| Mar 15, 1:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott, Morgan | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 2:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Knox, Laurel and 4 more | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 2:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Leslie and 3 more | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 3:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike | 28 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.