Weather Alert in Kentucky
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 5 at 7:57PM EDT until September 5 at 8:30PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY
AREAS AFFECTED: Jackson, KY; Laurel, KY; Pulaski, KY; Rockcastle, KY
DESCRIPTION: SVRJKL The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Laurel County in south central Kentucky... East central Pulaski County in south central Kentucky... Southwestern Jackson County in southeastern Kentucky... Southeastern Rockcastle County in south central Kentucky... * Until 830 PM EDT. * At 757 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Billows, or 12 miles west of London, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Luner around 800 PM EDT. Hazel Patch around 805 PM EDT. Camp Wildcat around 810 PM EDT. Atlanta around 815 PM EDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Greenmount and Peoples.
INSTRUCTION: For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles
a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.
In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly
in the Midwest and eastern regions.
While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form
under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds
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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that
may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to
the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.
In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for
precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface.
When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga.
Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog
and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which
constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.
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