Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 3:19 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1995, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1995, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, KY, Knox County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Perry County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJKL 101920 SVRJKL KYC051-119-121-131-133-193-195-101945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 319 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION S... IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY ...SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY...NORTHERN KNOTT COUNTY ...EASTERN KNOX COUNTY...SOUTHERN LESLIE COUNTY ...NORTHERN LETCHER COUNTY...NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY ...SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY AT 310 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAZARD...9 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAZARD...AND 20 MILES NORTH OF MIDDLESBORO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 45 MPH. THEY WILL REACH WHITESBURG BY 325 PM...JENKINS BY 330 PM AND JUST NORTH OF HAZARD BY 325 PM. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. HUETTL
What 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, May 10, 11:46 AM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 1145 AM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY TODAY... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF HAZARD AND A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE KENTUCKY...TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA BORDERS. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. STAMPER
Special weather statement, May 10, 2:30 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
KYZ086>088-109-110-112>118-120-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 229 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... BELL...BREATHITT...CLAY...FLOYD...HARLAN...KNOTT...KNOX...LESLIE... LETCHER...MAGOFFIN...OWSLEY...PERRY AND PIKE COUNTIES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL A@ND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAMPER
Special weather statement, May 10, 2:56 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
KYZ086>088-106-109-110-112>118-120-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 255 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... BELL...BREATHITT...CLAY...FLOYD...HARLAN...KNOTT...KNOX...LESLIE... LETCHER...MAGOFFIN...OWSLEY...PERRY ...PIKE AND MORGAN COUNTIES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.t LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAMPER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 44 min |
| May 10, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott | 44 min |
| May 10, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Perry | 27 min |
| May 10, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Pike | 34 min |
| May 10, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie, Perry | 34 min |
| May 10, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox | 28 min |
| May 10, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie | 28 min |
| May 10, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie, Perry | 36 min |
| May 10, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Pike | 36 min |
| May 10, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Letcher, Pike | 26 min |
| May 10, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox | 33 min |
| May 10, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 40 min |
| May 10, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd | 34 min |
| May 10, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie | 34 min |
| May 10, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 12 min |
| May 10, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Owsley, Perry | 37 min |
| May 10, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 20 min |
| May 10, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan, Wolfe | 51 min |
| May 10, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson | 30 min |
| May 10, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson | 25 min |
| May 10, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox | 43 min |
Nearby
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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.