Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1996, 6:16 AM EDT for Jackson County, Lee County, Owsley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 59 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1996, 6:16 AM EDT (10:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1996, 7:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, KY, Lee County, KY, Owsley County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 6:20 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Mc Kee, KY | |
| Apr 20, 6:25 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Booneville, KY | |
| Apr 20, 6:30 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Beattyville, KY | |
| Apr 20, 6:30 AM EDT | Hail 1 | Booneville, KY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 1144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJKL 201020 SVRJKL KYC109-129-189-237-201115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 616 AM EDT SAT APR 20 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY ...JACKSON COUNTY...LEE COUNTY...OWSLEY COUNTY...WOLFE COUNTY AT 612 AM...RADAR INDICATED AS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON NEAR STANTON TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON NEAR MCKEE. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SE AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH INCLUDE TYNER...BOONEVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...CAMPT . WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MARSHALL/INGRAM
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, Apr 20, 5:58 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
KYZ069-086>088-106-108>118-120-201505- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY 558 AM EDT SAT APR 20 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THROUGH 11 AM... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WILL BEGIN AFFECTING JACKSON COUNTY BY 620 AM AND CLAY AND KNOX COUNTY BY 645 AM. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS XAND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PERRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 6:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wolfe | 59 min |
| Apr 20, 6:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 61 min |
| Apr 20, 6:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 61 min |
| Apr 20, 6:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 57 min |
| Apr 20, 6:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Magoffin, Morgan | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.