Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at May 5, 1996, 4:39 PM EDT for Jackson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1996, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1996, 5:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJKL 052041 TORJKL KYC109-052140- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 439 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 540 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY ...JACKSON AT 437 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST EAST OF MT. VERNON OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE SANDGAP AND MCKEE AREAS BETWEEN 445 PM AND 530 PM. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN MT. VERNON AT 430 PM BY SPOTTERS. RESIDENTS OF JACKSON COUNTY SHOULD GO TO THEIR BASEMENTS NOW! PEOPLE IN SANDGAP AND MCKEE ARE IN THE PROJECTED PATH OF THE TORNADO AND SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE INSIDE A STORM CELLAR... A BASEMENT...OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE. & INGRAM
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 5, 3:44 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
343 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996
TIME EST .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
1445 EDT META KY PEA SIZE HAIL
5/5/96 PIKE REPORTED BY SPOTTER
6 MILES NORTH OF
PIKEVILLE
HUETTLLocal storm report, May 5, 3:50 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
348 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996
TIME EST .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
1537 EDT STONE KY QUARTER SIZE HAIL
5/5/96 PIKE REPORTED BY DEPUTY
OFF ROUTE 199
HUETTLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott | 77 min |
| May 5, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Perry | 61 min |
| May 5, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd | 59 min |
| May 5, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson | 59 min |
| May 5, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 63 min |
| May 5, 7:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 64 min |
| May 5, 7:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 4 hr |
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.