Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Jan 5, 1997, 12:50 AM EST (05:50 UTC)

Expired

Jan 5, 1997, 1:30 AM EST

In force

40 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Laurel County, KY, Whitley County, KY

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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509 
WUUS1 KJKL 050551 RRA
SVRJKL
KYC125-235-050630-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1250 AM EST SUN JAN 5 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

   ...LAUREL
   ...WHITLEY
 
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS WILL
CROSS THROUGH LAUREL AND WHITLEY COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR. TOWNS TO
TO AFFECTED INCLUDE LONDON...CORBIN AND WILLIAMSBURG. WIND GUSTS
EXCEEDING 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS PASS THROUGH.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  STAY
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

SES/CEG

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 4, 9:58 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...DELAYED DUE TO AFOS PROBLEMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
930 PM EST SAT JAN 4 1997

AT 00Z THE COLD FRONT WAS ON THE DOORSTEP OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...ABOUT
WHERE THE AVERAGE OF THE MODELS WOULD PLACE IT. EARLIER SHOWERS OVER
EASTERN KENTUCKY HAVE DISSIPATED AHEAD OF THE STRONGER/SEVERE STORMS
PROGRESSING THROUGH EXTREME WESTERN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. FROPA FOR
AROUND 12Z LOOKS ON TRACK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE RULE
AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH TIME OF DAY...EARLIER ACTIVITY AND ONLY A FAIR
AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY LIMITING THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WX. MORNING
LOWS AND THUS SUNDAY HIGHS WILL DEPEND ON TIMING OF THE FRONT. 55 TO
60 IS A DECENT SHOT AT IT.

     TEMPS          POPS
JKL  58/58/25/34    +6--
LOZ  56/56/25/36    +500

GREIF

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.