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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Jackson, KY

April 28, 1994Greenup County, Lewis County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1994, 7:34 PM EDT for Greenup County, Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 56 min.

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The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 1994, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 1994, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greenup County, KY, Lewis County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 1994-04-28Temperature 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 1994-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.