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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Jackson, KY

May 8, 2025Johnson County, Martin County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2025, 6:43 PM EDT for Johnson County, Martin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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 8, 2025, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2025, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Johnson County, KY, Martin County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 May 8, 4:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 4:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 4:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 6:23 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 6:31 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 6:31 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 6:34 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 6:37 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 6:43 PM EDT, 0 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
May 8, 9:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Letcher	45 min
May 8, 9:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Letcher	23 min
May 8, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell	43 min
May 8, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson	25 min
May 8, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley	35 min
May 8, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, Whitley	45 min
May 8, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	37 min
May 8, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie	34 min
May 8, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel	33 min
May 8, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox	28 min
May 8, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	28 min
May 8, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Whitley	25 min
May 8, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox	35 min
May 8, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, Whitley	47 min
May 8, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Leslie	31 min
May 8, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	40 min
May 8, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wayne	34 min
May 8, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley	23 min
May 8, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Leslie	37 min
May 8, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	33 min
May 8, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, Whitley	29 min
May 8, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Whitley	35 min
May 8, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Rowan	23 min
May 8, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	36 min
May 8, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	47 min
May 8, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell	43 min
May 8, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, Whitley	36 min
May 8, 5:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Knox, Leslie	109 min
May 8, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan	34 min
May 8, 5:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Knox, Whitley	116 min
May 8, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	24 min
May 8, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	36 min
May 8, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	26 min
May 8, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott	24 min
May 8, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Letcher	37 min
May 8, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox	35 min
May 8, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott, Johnson, Morgan	32 min
May 8, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell	31 min
May 8, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin, Martin	52 min
May 8, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, McCreary, Whitley	35 min
May 8, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knott, Leslie, Perry	31 min
May 8, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wayne	29 min
May 8, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell	38 min
May 8, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike	36 min
May 8, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knott, Perry	36 min
May 8, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell	26 min
May 8, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell	23 min
May 8, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Johnson, Martin	33 min
May 8, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knott	23 min
May 8, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Martin, Pike	37 min
May 8, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	26 min
May 8, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	39 min
May 8, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt	37 min
May 8, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Magoffin	33 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.