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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Jackson, KY

May 16, 20257 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2025, 1:58 PM EDT for 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 47 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 16, 2025, 1:58 PM EDT (17:58 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2025, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knox County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Perry County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 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
May 16, 11:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 271 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: 267 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 231 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 16, 12:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 12:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 11:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 16, 12:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 12:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 12:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 12:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 1:01 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 1:57 PM EDT, 1 minute 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 16, 6:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Powell, Wolfe	36 min
May 16, 6:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin	25 min
May 16, 6:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott	27 min
May 16, 7:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Estill	35 min
May 16, 8:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle	29 min
May 16, 8:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Lee	33 min
May 16, 8:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin	34 min
May 16, 9:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd	34 min
May 16, 9:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Rockcastle	28 min
May 16, 9:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle	32 min
May 16, 9:46 AM EDT	Flood Watch	JKL	Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd and 23 more	18 hr
May 16, 10:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	30 min
May 16, 10:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe	26 min
May 16, 10:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Owsley, Perry	25 min
May 16, 10:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin	33 min
May 16, 10:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Owsley	36 min
May 16, 10:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry	33 min
May 16, 11:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle	24 min
May 16, 11:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Powell, Rockcastle and 1 more	3 hr
May 16, 11:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Pike	31 min
May 16, 11:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle	33 min
May 16, 11:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson, Owsley	24 min
May 16, 11:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Pike	36 min
May 16, 11:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Magoffin, Owsley	28 min
May 16, 11:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle	18 min
May 16, 11:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	31 min
May 16, 12:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Jackson, Knott, Laurel, Lee and 5 more	115 min
May 16, 12:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Magoffin and 2 more	25 min
May 16, 12:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd, Pike	23 min
May 16, 12:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Owsley	31 min
May 16, 12:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knott, Perry	37 min
May 16, 12:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Perry and 1 more	32 min
May 16, 12:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Pulaski, Rockcastle	28 min
May 16, 12:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Jackson, Knott, Lee, Magoffin and 3 more	4 hr
May 16, 12:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski	26 min
May 16, 12:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson, Owsley, Rockcastle	26 min
May 16, 12:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne	28 min
May 16, 12:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle	35 min
May 16, 12:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike	33 min
May 16, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wayne	29 min
May 16, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Leslie, Owsley and 1 more	31 min
May 16, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Owsley, Perry	37 min
May 16, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 1 more	32 min
May 16, 1:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more	31 min
May 16, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd, Pike	33 min
May 16, 2:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pike	2 hr
May 16, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike	30 min
May 16, 2:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Pike	2 hr

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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.