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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 6, 2025, 5:05 PM EST for Harlan County, Letcher County, Perry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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
- Feb 6, 2025, 5:05 PM EST (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2025, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harlan County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Perry County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 269 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Feb 6, 2:19 PM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 2:19 PM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 9:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 28 min |
| Feb 5, 10:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 1:28 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan | 7 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Menifee | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 1:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott | 13 min |
| Feb 6, 1:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott | 38 min |
| Feb 6, 2:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Menifee, Powell | 29 min |
| Feb 6, 2:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 3:12 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Rowan | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 3:27 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 36 min |
| Feb 6, 3:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Rowan | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley, Wolfe | 32 min |
| Feb 6, 3:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Estill, Lee, Wolfe | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 3:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Estill, Lee, Wolfe | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 4:03 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:13 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Owsley | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 4:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt | 25 min |
| Feb 6, 4:21 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Magoffin, Martin | 36 min |
| Feb 6, 4:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd, Knott | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 5:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 42 min |
| Feb 6, 5:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 47 min |
| Feb 6, 6:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Montgomery | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 6:46 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 7:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Morgan | 38 min |
| Feb 6, 7:18 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Estill, Powell, Wolfe | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 7:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 7:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 7:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 7:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Johnson | 12 min |
| Feb 6, 7:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 7:55 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 4 days |
| Feb 6, 7:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin, Wolfe | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 7:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Johnson, Morgan | 32 min |
| Feb 6, 8:02 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 19 min |
| Feb 6, 8:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Leslie, Owsley, Perry | 31 min |
| Feb 6, 8:19 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Owsley, Perry | 26 min |
| Feb 6, 8:21 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:24 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:30 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 42 min |
| Feb 6, 8:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd | 38 min |
| Feb 6, 8:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 8:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Leslie, Owsley, Perry | 41 min |
| Feb 6, 8:41 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Jackson, Knott, Laurel and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 18 min |
| Feb 6, 8:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, Rockcastle | 26 min |
| Feb 6, 8:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 51 min |
| Feb 6, 9:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 41 min |
| Feb 6, 9:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike | 52 min |
| Feb 6, 9:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Laurel | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 9:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Letcher | 50 min |
| Feb 6, 9:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 29 min |
| Feb 6, 9:24 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie, Perry | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 9:34 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Rowan | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:36 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Letcher, Pike | 36 min |
| Feb 6, 9:40 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knox | 48 min |
| Feb 6, 9:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 26 min |
| Feb 6, 9:56 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry, Pike | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan | 48 min |
| Feb 6, 1:06 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Rowan | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 4:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie | 36 min |
| Feb 6, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan | 17 min |
| Feb 6, 5:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 5:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 5:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher | 15 min |
| Feb 6, 5:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 5:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 36 min |
| Feb 6, 6:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Feb 6, 6:47 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Whitley | 32 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.