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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Jackson, KY

June 22, 1996Morgan County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1996, 7:33 PM EDT for Morgan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1996, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1996, 8:35 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Morgan County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 369 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-184 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJKL 222334
SVRJKL
KYC175-230035-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
733 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 835 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

   ...MORGAN
 
AT 730 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHEAST OF
MOREHEAD OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON.  THE STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WRIGLEY BY 745 PM.

THE STORM WILL THEN AFFECT THE CROCKETT AND RELIEF AREAS OF MORGAN
COUNTY BY 830 PM.

THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS STORM IS DIME SIZE AND LARGER HAIL.
 
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.

INGRAM

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.