Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1991, 9:27 PM EDT for Knott County, Letcher County, Kentucky. It was in force for 63 min. 2 reports 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 2, 1991, 9:27 PM EDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1991, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Knott County, KY, Letcher County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Knott, KY | |
| Jun 2, 10:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Letcher, 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 312 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KJKL 030127
SVRJKL
KYC119-131-133-030230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
927 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF KENTUCKY
KNOTT...LESLIE...LETCHER
AT 920 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO LESLIE
COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF HAZARD AND ANOTHER IN KNOT COUNTY
...20 MILES EAST OF HAZARD. RESIDENTS OF HYDEN...WHITSBURG AND
HINDMAN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY
MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
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 JACKSONWhat 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 2, 7:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
KYZ008-030100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 800 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 8 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF WEST LIBERTY IN MORGAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON AND ANOTHER WAS JUST WEST OF BEATYVILLE...OR 25 MILES WEST OF JACKSON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND REMAIN UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
KYZ008-030130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 825 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 820 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN BEATYVILLE AND BOONEVILLE...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON AND FROM JUST NORTH OF JACKSON TO NEAR PRESTONSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD QUICKLY FLOOD SMALL CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND REMAIN UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. ADDINGTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie | 63 min |
| Jun 3, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell | 66 min |
| Jun 3, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan | 58 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
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.