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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY

May 10, 1995Breathitt County, Knott County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 1:16 PM EDT for Breathitt County, Knott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 1:16 PM EDT (17:16 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Breathitt County, KY, Knott County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 101717
SVRJKL
KYC025-119-131-193-101800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
116 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION   S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...SOUTHERN BREATHITT COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN KNOTT COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN LESLIE COUNTY...NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY
 
AT 115 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES WEST OF HAZARD...OR NEAR
THOUSAND STICKS IN NORTHERN LESLIE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST NEAR
50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL TRACK FROM NORTHERN LESLIE INTO NORTHERN
PERRY...SOUTHERN BREATHITT AND NORTHWEST KNOTT COUNTIES THROUGH 2 PM.
CITIES IN THE PATH ARE HAZARD AND HYDEN.
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
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, 1 hour 30 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

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, 1:33 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, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMorgan, Wolfe51 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.