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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2025, 9:25 PM EDT for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 50 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 20, 2025, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2025, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clay County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 7:27 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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 May 20, 6:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 6:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 20, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne | 65 min |
| May 20, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Rockcastle | 62 min |
| May 20, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 57 min |
| May 20, 9:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Menifee and 6 more | 3 hr |
| May 20, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 54 min |
| May 20, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 54 min |
| May 20, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee and 4 more | 56 min |
| May 20, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 28 min |
| May 20, 9:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Lee and 7 more | 2 hr |
| May 20, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox and 5 more | 45 min |
| May 20, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 4 more | 55 min |
| May 20, 10:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 43 min |
| May 20, 10:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knott, Perry | 37 min |
| May 20, 11:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin, Pike | 47 min |
| May 20, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan, Letcher, Pike | 47 min |
| May 20, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 46 min |
| May 21, 10:56 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 9 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.