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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Jackson, KY

May 18, 1995Breathitt County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 8:22 PM EDT for Breathitt County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Breathitt County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 225 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJKL 190022
TORJKL
KYC025-190100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
822 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION   ...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...BREATHITT COUNTY
 
AT 820 PM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE TORNADO
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST TO WEST OF JACKSON MOVING EAST
AROUND 40 MPH. THE POSSIBLE TORNDO WILL HIT JACKSON...VANCLEVE
AND QUICKSAND BY 830 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 8:09 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay, Owsley36 min
May 18, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee, Wolfe32 min
May 18, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Jackson51 min
May 18, 8:46 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Owsley, Perry44 min
May 18, 8:46 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLKnott44 min
May 18, 8:50 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLKnott, Perry40 min
May 18, 8:53 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLFloyd52 min
May 18, 9:03 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLFloyd42 min
May 18, 9:13 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLeslie, Perry32 min
May 18, 9:13 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt32 min
May 18, 9:22 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPike38 min
May 18, 9:22 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMagoffin38 min
May 18, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay39 min
May 18, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnott39 min
May 18, 9:54 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPike36 min
May 18, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay33 min
May 18, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnott, Pike33 min
May 18, 10:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Pike28 min
May 18, 10:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnox28 min
May 18, 10:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPerry28 min

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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.