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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Jackson, KY

November 22, 1992Lewis County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 7:39 PM EST for Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 1992, 7:39 PM EST (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 1992, 8:15 PM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Lewis County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1992-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 870 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1992-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 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
870 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
7.1

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