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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Jackson, KY

June 6, 1990Carter County, Lewis County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1990, 6:46 PM EDT for Carter County, Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1990, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1990, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carter County, KY, Lewis County, KY

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 62 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1990-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1990-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KHTS 062247
SVRHTS
KYC043-135-062330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
646 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN EAST KENTUCKY
          ...CARTER...LEWIS
 
AT 1843 EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE BORDER OF
LEWIS AND CARTER COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT
ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  RE;MAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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, Jun 6, 5:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
KYZ008-062205-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
505 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL
10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

AT 5 PM EDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY.
HOWEVER...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO
DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. YOUU SHOULD WATCH FOR ANY THREATENING WEATHER
THAT MAY DEVELOP AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION.

HUDGINS
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:08 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
KYZ008-062210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
610 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL
10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

AT 6 PM EDT...RAINSHOWERS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MORGAN COUNTY...25
MILES NORTH OF JACKSON. THESE SHOWERS WERE LIGHT AND WERE MOVING EAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS COVERED A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND WILL MOVE
INTO SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY BY 8 PM THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS
HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES AS THEY PASSED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING...TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER IN THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. BH

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.