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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Jackson, KY

July 17, 1995Harlan County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1995, 4:06 PM EDT for Harlan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 1995, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Harlan County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 309 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLOwsley38 min
Jul 17, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Owsley44 min
Jul 17, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Leslie41 min
Jul 17, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike39 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.