Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1995, 4:34 PM EDT for Breathitt County, Knott County, Perry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 1995, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Breathitt County, KY, Knott County, KY, Perry County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 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 092035 RRA SVRJKL KYC025-119-193-092100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 434 PM EDT SUN APR 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION S... IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY ...BREATHITT COUNTY...WESTERN KNOTT COUNTY ...NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY AT 430 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC 4 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON IN BREATHITT COUNTY. STRONG WINDS HAD BLOWN OFF THE ROOF OF A CABIN AND DOWNED TWO TREES ALONG HIGHWAY 1098. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PERRY...BREATHITT AND WESTERN KNOTT THROUGH 515 PM EDT. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. PERRY
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, Apr 9, 11:17 AM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
KYC013-025-051-095-109-121-129-131-175-189-193-207-237-092000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1110 PM EDT SUN APR 9 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY EXCLUDING FLOYD...KNOTT...LETCHER...MAGOFFIN AND PIKE COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM... AT LATE MORNING...DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILED ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN REGION...BUT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UPSTREAM IN WESTERN KENTUCKY ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH. THESE STORMS COULD REACH SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY AFTER 2 PM. YOU ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING WEST INTO THIS AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS MAY DEVELOP SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. HUETTL
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 11:18 AM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
KYC013-025-051-095-109-121-129-131-175-189-193-207-237-092000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1115 AM EDT SUN APR 9 1995 CORRECTION...TRANSMISSION TIME ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY EXCLUDING FLOYD...KNOTT...LETCHER...MAGOFFIN AND PIKE COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM... AT LATE MORNING...DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILED ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN REGION...BUT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UPSTREAM IN WESTERN KENTUCKY ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH. THESE STORMS COULD REACH SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY AFTER 2 PM. YOU ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING WEST INTO THIS AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTN ING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS MAY DEVELOP SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 1:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108-111-112-114>117-092000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 102 PM EDT SUN APR 9 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY EXCLUDING FLOYD...KNOTT...LETCHER...MAGOFFIN AND PIKE COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM... MOSTLY SUNNY...BREEZY & WARM WEATHER CONTINUED ACROSS THE COALFIELDS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE UPSTREAM IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AROUND 40 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM FORT KNOX TO BOWLING GREEN AND WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN COUNTIES AROUND 3 PM..AND JACKSON AND MIDDLESBORO VICINITIES AROUND 4 PM. YOU ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING WEST INTO THIS AFTERNOON WHERE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...CONSIDER FINDING A MORE SECURE SHELTER BEFORE THE STORMS HIT. IF CONDUCTING OUTDOOR SUNDAY ACTIVITIES...TRY TO COMPLETE THEM BY MID AFTERNOON AND HAVE A VEHICLE OR SHELTER CLOSE BY TO SEEK REFUGE FROM THE STORMS. HUETTL
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 1:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108-111-112-114>117-092000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 102 PM EDT SUN APR 9 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY EXCLUDING FLOYD...KNOTT...LETCHER...MAGOFFIN AND PIKE COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM... MOSTLY SUNNY...BREEZY & WARM WEATHER CONTINUED ACROSS THE COALFIELDS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE UPSTREAM IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AROUND 40 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM FORT KNOX TO BOWLING GREEN AND WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN COUNTIES AROUND 3 PM..AND JACKSON AND MIDDLESBORO VICINITIES AROUND 4 PM. YOU ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING WEST INTO THIS AFTERNOON WHERE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...CONSIDER FINDING A MORE SECURE SHELTER BEFORE THE STORMS HIT. IF CONDUCTING OUTDOORZ SUNDAY ACTIVITIES...TRY TO COMPLETE THEM BY MID AFTERNOON AND HAVE A VEHICLE OR SHELTER CLOSE BY TO SEEK REFUGE FROM THE STORMS. HUETTL
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:17 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108-111-112-114>117-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 417 PM EDT SUN APR 9 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED... AT 410 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDDLESBORO AND WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN KNOX...CENTRAL BELL AND FAR SOUTHWEST HARLAN COUNTIES THROUGH 5 PM. A WEAKENING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON AND WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN BREATHITT AND NORTHERN PERRY COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF IN THE PATH MOVE INTO A SECURE SHELTER AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR THE PHONE. HUETTL
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:20 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108-111-112-114>117-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 417 PM EDT SUN APR 9 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED... AT 410 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDDLESBORO AND WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN KNOX...CENTRAL BELL AND FAR SOUTHWEST HARLAN COUNTIES THROUGH 5 PM. A WEAKENING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON AND WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN BREATHITT AND NORTHERN PERRY COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF IN THE PATH MOVE INTO A SECURE SHELTER AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR THE PHONE. HUETTL
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.