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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Jackson, KY

April 3, 20255 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2025, 4:08 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 37 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: Apr 3, 2025, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2025, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Estill County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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
Apr 3, 1:52 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 235 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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 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 Apr 3, 3:17 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 3:17 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 2:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 1:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 1:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 2:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 3:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 3:31 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 3:36 PM EDT, 32 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
Apr 3, 1:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Fleming	19 min
Apr 3, 2:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	39 min
Apr 3, 2:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	36 min
Apr 3, 3:02 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	13 min
Apr 3, 3:09 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	21 min
Apr 3, 3:11 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming	19 min
Apr 3, 3:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 9 more	33 min
Apr 3, 3:20 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle	25 min
Apr 3, 3:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	30 min
Apr 3, 3:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee and 7 more	44 min
Apr 3, 4:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Owsley, Pulaski, Rockcastle and 2 more	45 min
Apr 3, 4:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Elliott, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee and 4 more	33 min
Apr 3, 4:28 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	32 min
Apr 3, 4:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 3 more	51 min
Apr 3, 4:44 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Johnson, Martin	16 min
Apr 3, 4:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan	29 min
Apr 3, 5:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 5 more	31 min
Apr 3, 5:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne	26 min
Apr 3, 5:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee and 4 more	36 min
Apr 3, 6:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	28 min
Apr 3, 6:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wayne	23 min
Apr 3, 6:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Johnson, Magoffin	36 min
Apr 3, 6:22 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	38 min
Apr 3, 6:41 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	34 min
Apr 3, 6:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel	39 min
Apr 3, 7:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	37 min
Apr 3, 7:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary, Wayne	29 min
Apr 3, 7:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Whitley	30 min
Apr 3, 7:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin	38 min
Apr 3, 8:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 8 more	4 hr
Apr 3, 8:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more	4 hr
Apr 3, 8:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Clay, Knox, Leslie	24 min
Apr 3, 10:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	3 hr
Apr 3, 11:10 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	27 min
Apr 3, 11:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 8 more	5 hr
Apr 3, 11:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more	6 hr
Apr 3, 12:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	36 min
Apr 3, 12:35 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Lee	71 hr
Apr 3, 12:35 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Estill	4 days
Apr 3, 12:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle	33 min
Apr 3, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel	26 min
Apr 3, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Elliott, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley and 1 more	36 min
Apr 3, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	25 min
Apr 3, 2:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley and 4 more	4 hr
Apr 3, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	33 min
Apr 3, 3:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Elliott, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee and 3 more	5 hr
Apr 3, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Martin, Pike	45 min
Apr 3, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Johnson, Magoffin	38 min
Apr 3, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson, Rockcastle	29 min
Apr 3, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd, Martin	39 min
Apr 3, 3:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	35 min
Apr 3, 3:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Wayne	3 hr
Apr 3, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Wayne	25 min
Apr 3, 4:06 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Estill, Powell	4 days
Apr 3, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Powell and 1 more	42 min
Apr 3, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan	49 min
Apr 3, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley	44 min
Apr 3, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Leslie, Owsley, Perry	36 min
Apr 3, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Johnson, Martin	34 min
Apr 3, 5:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Martin	116 min
Apr 3, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike	20 min
Apr 3, 7:36 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Magoffin	20 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.