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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Jackson, KY

May 29, 1996Bell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1996, 12:32 AM EDT for Bell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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
May 29, 1996, 12:32 AM EDT (04:32 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1996, 1:20 AM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Bell County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 12:35 AM EDTHail 0.75Pineville, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson59 min
May 28, 10:02 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLee, Wolfe58 min
May 28, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLOwsley62 min
May 28, 10:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Perry60 min
May 28, 10:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Leslie60 min
May 28, 10:39 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt61 min
May 28, 11:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnott59 min
May 28, 11:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Wolfe2 hr
May 28, 11:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLOwsley, Perry2 hr
May 28, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Magoffin62 min
May 28, 11:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLeslie, Perry47 min
May 29, 12:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay, Leslie3 hr
May 29, 12:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Magoffin3 hr
May 29, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLetcher63 min
May 29, 12:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLJackson3 hr
May 29, 12:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLHarlan, Knott, Letcher3 hr
May 29, 12:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell3 hr
May 29, 2:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Perry90 min
May 29, 2:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Knox90 min
May 29, 2:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLHarlan, Leslie, Letcher90 min
May 29, 2:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLMagoffin, Wolfe90 min
May 29, 2:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLFloyd, Knott90 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.