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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Jackson, KY

April 14, 20255 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2025, 8:44 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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 14, 2025, 8:44 PM EDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2025, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Breathitt County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Knott County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Pike County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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 14, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 226 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: 1377 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 73 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 14, 7:58 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 7:58 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 3:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Jackson KY
350 PM EDT Mon Apr 14 2025

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-104-106>120-152000-
Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Estill-Powell-Menifee-Rockcastle-
Jackson-Pulaski-Laurel-Elliott-Morgan-Johnson-Wolfe-Magoffin-Floyd-
Lee-Breathitt-Knott-Owsley-Perry-Clay-Leslie-Letcher-Martin-Pike-
350 PM EDT Mon Apr 14 2025

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 138 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of eastern Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...This evening and tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected to spread southeast across eastern Kentucky
through this evening. Some of these storms may be severe, with
damaging wind gusts and large hail being the main threats. However,
there is also a small potential for tornadoes. Any remaining
thunderstorms will weaken and shift southeast out of eastern Kentucky
after midnight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Frost development is possible for some locations on Tuesday and
Wednesday nights.

There is a slight chance of thunderstorms at times from Friday night
through Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

KYZ083>088-152000-
Wayne-McCreary-Whitley-Knox-Bell-Harlan-
350 PM EDT Mon Apr 14 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of eastern Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...This evening and tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected to southeast to locations near the VA and
TN borders this evening. Some of these storms may be severe, with
damaging wind gusts and large hail being the main threats. However,
there is also a small potential for tornadoes. Any remaining
thunderstorms will weaken and shift southeast out of eastern Kentucky
after midnight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Frost development is possible for some locations on Tuesday and
Wednesday nights.

There is a slight chance of thunderstorms at times from Friday night
through Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

JP

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 7:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
701 PM EDT Mon Apr 14 2025

KYZ058-059-106-108-111-112-142330-
Lee KY-Breathitt KY-Estill KY-Morgan KY-Powell KY-Wolfe KY-
701 PM EDT Mon Apr 14 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN POWELL...
SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN...CENTRAL ESTILL...NORTHWESTERN BREATHITT...
CENTRAL LEE AND WOLFE COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...

At 700 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Doe Creek, or near Irvine, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Pilot, Lexie, Leeco, Fillmore, Pine Ridge, Patsey, Alumbaugh, Evelyn,
High Falls, Lane, Sewell, Whisman, Furnace, Malaga, See, Beattyville,
Jenson, Wagersville, Bethany, and Booth.

THIS INCLUDES Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway between mile markers 33
and 59.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
southeastern and east central Kentucky.

&&

LAT...LON 3761 8329 3756 8393 3758 8396 3757 8399
      3774 8402 3782 8360 3782 8355 3784 8352
      3787 8335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 260DEG 46KT 3766 8392

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

DJ

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 7:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 14, 7:54 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 14, 7:57 PM EDT, 47 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 14, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike	25 min
Apr 14, 8:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Lee	48 min
Apr 14, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley, Wolfe	30 min
Apr 14, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Martin	32 min
Apr 14, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Johnson, Martin	27 min
Apr 14, 9:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Martin	36 min
Apr 14, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Pike	37 min
Apr 14, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Estill	30 min
Apr 14, 9:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	37 min
Apr 14, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin	37 min
Apr 14, 10:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Letcher	46 min
Apr 14, 11:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Clay, Leslie	42 min
Apr 14, 11:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Leslie, Perry	26 min
Apr 14, 11:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox	40 min
Apr 15, 12:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Letcher	34 min
Apr 15, 12:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	40 min
Apr 15, 12:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan	66 min
Apr 15, 12:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Leslie	43 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.