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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jackson, KY

May 18, 1995Lee County, Wolfe County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 7:38 PM EDT for Lee County, Wolfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 7:38 PM EDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lee County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 550 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 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJKL 182338
TORJKL
KYC129-237-190015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
738 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION   S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...LEE COUNTY...WOLFE COUNTY
 
AT 735 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES WAS 35 MILES
WEST OF JACKSON...OR NEAR IRVINE IN ESTILL COUNTY. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO
WAS MOVING EAST NEAR 40 MPH AND WILL REACH BEATTYVILLE BY 755 PM AND
CAMPTON BY 805 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.
 
HUETTL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 8:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Lee, Owsley, Wolfe51 min
May 18, 8:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMorgan29 min
May 18, 10:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnott, Leslie, Perry36 min
May 18, 10:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd36 min
May 18, 10:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLetcher, Pike35 min
May 18, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Lee35 min
May 18, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWolfe35 min
May 18, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLOwsley29 min
May 18, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Knox39 min
May 18, 4:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLKnox22 min
May 18, 4:23 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLKnox67 min
May 18, 4:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay31 min
May 18, 4:44 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay61 min
May 18, 5:04 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPerry26 min
May 18, 5:20 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLetcher40 min
May 18, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Pike47 min
May 18, 5:34 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPerry11 min
May 18, 7:21 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLJackson39 min
May 18, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLJackson40 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.