Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1996, 6:55 AM EDT for Magoffin County, Morgan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 65 min. 2 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, 6:55 AM EDT (10:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1996, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Magoffin County, KY, Morgan County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 7:00 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannel City, KY | |
| Apr 20, 7:15 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Salyersville, 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 57 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
Local storm report, Apr 20, 6:46 AM EDT, 9 minutes before
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</html>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 | Jackson, Lee, Owsley | 59 min |
| 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 |
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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.