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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

April 29, 1994Martin County, Kentucky; Wayne County, West Virginia

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1994, 11:59 AM EDT for Martin County, Kentucky; Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 1994, 11:59 AM EDT (15:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1994, 12:45 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Martin County, KY, Wayne County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 1994-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 112 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-309 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 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 291600
SVRHTS
KYC159-WVC099-291645-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
1159 AM EDT FRI APR 29 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY
 
 
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 1155 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING
NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY OF KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY OF WEST
VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE
STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
 
END/SALAZAR
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLCarter56 min
Apr 29, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Knox67 min
Apr 29, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan68 min
Apr 29, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson53 min
Apr 29, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Owsley54 min
Apr 29, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Knox45 min
Apr 28, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLCabell56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1994Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.