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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Jackson, KY

April 29, 1994Bell County, Knox County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1994, 4:38 PM EDT for Bell County, Knox County, Kentucky. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 1994, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1994, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bell County, KY, Knox County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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

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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, 11:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin46 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

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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.