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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Jackson, KY

August 2, 2024Pike County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2024, 5:32 PM EDT for Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 13 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: Aug 2, 2024, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2024, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Pike County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 258 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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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 Aug 2, 4:34 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 4:34 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 4:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
311 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024

KYZ087-088-021945-
Bell KY-Harlan KY-
311 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN HARLAN AND
SOUTHEASTERN BELL COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...

At 311 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Straight Creek to Pruden. Movement was east at
35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Pineville, Middlesboro, Wasioto, Meldrum, East Pineville, Hutch,
Noetown, Fonde, Varilla, Ponza, Calvin, Pruden, Cubage, Ferndale,
Binghamtown, Clear Creek Springs, Oaks, Shelaly, and Cumberland Gap.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. Highway 25 East in Bell County between mile
markers 1 and 12.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3659 8393 3660 8392 3677 8367 3669 8337
      3667 8343 3667 8353 3664 8358 3662 8364
      3658 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 270DEG 30KT 3675 8366 3658 8390

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

GEOGERIAN

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 3:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:42 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 5:21 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 1, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Breathitt, Elliott, Fleming, Johnson, Lee and 5 more	38 min
Aug 1, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Owsley, Perry	35 min
Aug 1, 8:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel	8 min
Aug 1, 8:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox	2 hr
Aug 1, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott and 9 more	53 min
Aug 1, 8:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox	112 min
Aug 1, 8:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	24 min
Aug 1, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin	51 min
Aug 1, 8:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Knox, Leslie	91 min
Aug 1, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Magoffin, Martin, Pike	29 min
Aug 1, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Pike	38 min
Aug 1, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Pike	28 min
Aug 1, 9:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	36 min
Aug 2, 8:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	33 min
Aug 2, 9:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Clay, Laurel	44 min
Aug 2, 10:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Clay, Knox	41 min
Aug 2, 10:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan, Leslie, Letcher	47 min
Aug 2, 11:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	41 min
Aug 2, 11:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Letcher	23 min
Aug 2, 1:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Knox, Laurel, Whitley	3 hr
Aug 2, 2:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Knox, Whitley	2 hr
Aug 2, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox	31 min
Aug 2, 2:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Whitley	6 hr
Aug 2, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan	41 min
Aug 2, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell	34 min
Aug 2, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Lee, Wolfe	32 min
Aug 2, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan	29 min
Aug 2, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin, Owsley, Wolfe	23 min
Aug 2, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	33 min
Aug 2, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	37 min
Aug 2, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	24 min
Aug 2, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox, Whitley	24 min
Aug 2, 6:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	2 hr
Aug 2, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox, Whitley	29 min
Aug 2, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Menifee	37 min
Aug 2, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Morgan	37 min
Aug 2, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Estill	31 min
Aug 2, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	41 min
Aug 2, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson, Rockcastle	34 min
Aug 2, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Estill, Powell	34 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.