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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY

March 23, 1991Harlan County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 1991, 12:31 AM EST for Harlan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 1991, 12:31 AM EST (05:31 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 1991, 1:15 AM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Harlan County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 00:00Z on 1991-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1991-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 303 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
950 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
453 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 12:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Knox53 min
Mar 23, 5:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Harlan2 hr

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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.