Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 4:23 PM EDT for Knox County, Kentucky. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Knox County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 182024 TORJKL KYC121-182130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 423 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION ... IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY ...KNOX COUNTY AT 420 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDDLESBORO OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARBOURVILLE IN KNOX COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF JARVIS...FOUNT AND GIRDLER THROUGH 445 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKB ENCH 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. PERRY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 12:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-181600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY NOON EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY TODAY... .TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 3 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BELL...BREATHITT...CLAY...FLOYD...HARLAN...KNOTT...KNOX...LESLIE... LETCHER...MAGOFFIN...PERRY...PIKE AT 12 NOON...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED ON RADAR IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY BY 2 PM. 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 DS CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. STAMPER
Special weather statement, May 18, 12:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-181600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY NOON EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY TODAY... .TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 3 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BELL...BREATHITT...CLAY...FLOYD...HARLAN...KNOTT...KNOX...LESLIE... LETCHER...MAGOFFIN...PERRY...PIKE AT 12 NOON...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED ON RADAR IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY BY 2 PM. 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 DS
Special weather statement, May 18, 12:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-181800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 1248 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 .TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY EXCEPT MORGAN...WOLFE...LEE...OWSLEY AND JACKSON... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED ON RADAR IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY AT 1245 PM. AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER JACKSON COUNTY AND JUST WEST OF JENKINS IN LETCHER COUNTY. MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVEtRE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS LIVING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY. WHP
Special weather statement, May 18, 1:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-181900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 108 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE GROUNDS ARE SATURATED OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WITH MORE RAIN ON THE WAY FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF THIS IS OBSERVED. IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING WATCH FOR WATER COVERED ROADS AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ANY ROADS COVERED WITH FLOWING WATER. WHP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Wolfe | 51 min |
| 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, 4:44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.