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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Jackson, KY

July 3, 20265 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2026, 11:27 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 33 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
Jul 3, 2026, 11:27 PM EDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
33 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

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 277 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2026-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3071 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2026-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3071 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWayne50 min
Jul 3, 8:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMcCreary46 min
Jul 3, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPulaski, Wayne41 min
Jul 3, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnox, Laurel, Whitley43 min
Jul 3, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPulaski47 min
Jul 3, 9:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBell25 min
Jul 3, 9:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWhitley47 min
Jul 3, 10:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnox37 min
Jul 3, 10:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnox32 min
Jul 3, 10:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBell45 min
Jul 3, 10:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnox42 min
Jul 3, 11:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBell50 min
Jul 3, 11:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLeslie36 min
Jul 4, 6:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJackson, Laurel60 min
Jul 4, 6:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnox62 min
Jul 4, 6:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLLaurel119 min
Jul 4, 7:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLaurel87 min
Jul 4, 7:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLClay, Owsley54 min
Jul 4, 7:23 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLClay, Knox, Laurel112 min
Jul 4, 7:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnox60 min
Jul 4, 7:52 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLClay, Knox3 hr
Jul 4, 8:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLClay, Leslie30 min
Jul 4, 8:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBell23 min
Jul 4, 8:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLHarlan37 min
Jul 4, 8:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBell31 min
Jul 4, 8:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt30 min
Jul 4, 8:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLHarlan33 min
Jul 4, 9:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin29 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.