Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1986, 5:25 PM EDT for Clay County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1986, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1986, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clay County, KY
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Clay, KY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1941 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 145 AM EDT MON JUL 14 1986 AT 140 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. SHANKLIN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 315 PM EDT MON JUL 14 1986 ...NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 310 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDDLESBORO. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES WEST OF JACKSON IN ESTILL COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS..STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES. SHANKLIN
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.