Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1990, 7:55 PM EDT for Clay County, Jackson 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
- Jun 22, 1990, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1990, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, KY, Jackson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KJKL 222357
SVRJKL
KYC051-109-230030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
755 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KENTUCKY
CLAY...SOUTHERN JACKSON
AT 750 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 45 MILES SOUTH/
WEST OF JACKSON...5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LONDON IN LAUREL COUNTY.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL THREATEN THE
CLAY COUNTY CITY OF MANCHESTER BY 815 PM EDT.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH..LARGE HAIL..AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER IMMEDIATELY..
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING..YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLICANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF
SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON
SMITHWhat 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, Jun 22, 6:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
KYZ008-222330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 625 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST KENTUKCY UNTIL 1100 PM EDT... AT 615 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED A 30 MILES WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON..THROUGH THE LEXINGTON METRO AREA...TO 45 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND WILL MOVE INTO JACKSON...LEE...OWSLEY AND CLAY COUNTIES...25 MILES WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON...BY AROUND 700 PM. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
KYZ008-222330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 625 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST KENTUKCY UNTIL 1200 MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 615 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED A 30 MILES WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON..THROUGH THE LEXINGTON METRO AREA...TO 45 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND WILL MOVE INTO JACKSON...LEE...OWSLEY AND CLAY COUNTIES...25 MILES WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON...BY AROUND 700 PM. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. ...CORRECTED FOR SEVERE WATCH TIMES... SMITH
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:21 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
KYZ008-230030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 720 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 12 AM EDT... AT 715 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 MILES WEST OF JACKSON...TO NEAR SOMERSET KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO JACKSON...CLAY AND LEE COUNTIES BY AROUND 745 PM EDT. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF MIDDLESBORO IN BELL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND BY 800 PM IT MOVE INTO WESTERN LETCHER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SMITH
Nearby
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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.