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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

May 10, 1995Morgan County, Wolfe County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 4:54 PM EDT for Morgan County, Wolfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Morgan County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 202 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 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 290 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJKL 102055
SVRJKL
KYC175-237-102145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
454 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION   S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...MORGAN COUNTY...WOLFE COUNTY
 
AT 450 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25
MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON OR 10 MILES WEST OF CAMPTON. THIS STORM IS
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL EFFECT WOLFE AND MORGAN COUNTY
THROUGH 545 PM WHICH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CAMPTON AND WEST LIBERTY.
THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMGING WINDS.
 
 
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.
 
 
PERRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 1:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLeslie, Perry44 min
May 10, 1:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Knott44 min
May 10, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnott, Perry27 min
May 10, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Pike34 min
May 10, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Leslie, Perry34 min
May 10, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Knox28 min
May 10, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLeslie28 min
May 10, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Leslie, Perry36 min
May 10, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Pike36 min
May 10, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnott, Letcher, Pike26 min
May 10, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Knox, Leslie, Perry26 min
May 10, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Knox33 min
May 10, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay40 min
May 10, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd34 min
May 10, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Leslie34 min
May 10, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMagoffin12 min
May 10, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Owsley, Perry37 min
May 10, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Pike20 min
May 10, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson30 min
May 10, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson25 min
May 10, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Knox43 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.