Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 8:24 AM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 8:24 AM EDT (12:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, KY, Lee County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJKL 181224 SVRJKL KYC109-129-189-237-181315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 824 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION S... IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY ...JACKSON COUNTY...LEE COUNTY...OWSLEY COUNTY...WOLFE COUNTY AT 820 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 50 MILES WEST OF JACKSON...35 MILES WEST OF JACKSON IN NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY AND 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF JACKSON OR 5 MILES WEST OF WESTERN LEE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE WARNED COUNTIES THROUGH 915 AM. CITIES IN THE PATH INCLUDE MCKEE...BOONEVILLE...BEATTYVILLE AND CAMPTON. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 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
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 18, 5:03 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-182000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 503 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY TODAY AND TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO INCLUDE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER THE LAST 12 HOURS IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY HAS BEEN BEEN LIMITED TO THE MORGAN...MAGOFFIN AND FLOYD COUNTIES WHO RECEIVED NEARLY A HALF INCH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM .25 TO OVER 1.0 INCH...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. STAMPER
Special weather statement, May 18, 5:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-181600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 556 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TORNADO WATCH TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. BREATHITT...LEE...CLAY...MAGOFFIN...WOLFE...JACKSON... MORGAN...KNOX...AND OWSLEY. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A lBASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. STAMPER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan | 29 min |
| May 18, 10:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Leslie, Perry | 36 min |
| May 18, 10:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd | 36 min |
| May 18, 10:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher, Pike | 35 min |
| May 18, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Lee | 35 min |
| May 18, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wolfe | 35 min |
| May 18, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Owsley | 29 min |
| May 18, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox | 39 min |
| May 18, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knox | 22 min |
| May 18, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Knox | 67 min |
| May 18, 4:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay | 31 min |
| May 18, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay | 61 min |
| May 18, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Perry | 26 min |
| May 18, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Letcher | 40 min |
| May 18, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Pike | 47 min |
| May 18, 5:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Perry | 11 min |
| May 18, 7:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson | 39 min |
| May 18, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Lee, Wolfe | 37 min |
| May 18, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson | 40 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.