Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 1997, 2:24 AM EST for Knott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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
- Mar 2, 1997, 2:24 AM EST (07:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 1997, 3:00 AM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Knott County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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.
NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 1, 2:16 PM EST, 12 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 2:16 PM EST, 12 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 220 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 LITTLE TIME SPENT DELVING INTO THE MODELS THIS PACKAGE. STILL PLENTY OF FLASH FLOOD CONCERNS COMBINED WITH OUR FIRST DAY OF HSA RESPONSIBILITY. WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS. MODELS COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT ON MOVEMENT OF SRN STREAM SHORTWAVE...HOWEVER NGM SEEMS OUT TO LUNCH ON PRECIP TOTALS. BELIEVE HEAVIER ETA QPF TO BE BELIEVED AS SHRA/TSRA ADVANCING EWD ACRS CENTRAL KY. AREAS FROM JKL ON SOUTH HAVE HAD LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RAIN TODAY...THIS WILL CHANGE AS COLD FRONT HEADS E TONIGHT AND BETTER UVM BEGINS AFFECTING THE FAR SE. FFA FOR ENTIRE AREA STILL APPEARS REASONABLE. SVR WX ALSO A POSSIBILITY THIS EVENING AS FAVORABLE WIND PROFILES PER FCST SOUNDINGS COMBINE WITH LIFT AND INSTAB. BOW ECHO FEATURES THE PRIMARY CONCERN. FRONT EXITS STAGE RIGHT BY SUNDAY AFTN...HOWEVER POST FRONTAL RAINFALL CONTINUES THROUGH THE EVENING AS S/W PASSES TO OUR SOUTH. CATEGORICAL POPS LOOK REASONABLE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CHANCE POPS SUNDAY EVENING OTRW MOSTLY CLDY/COOLER. MONDAY SHOULD BE PARTLY SUNNY AS MODEL MN RH DECREASES AND WK SFC HI PRES NOSES IN. WENT ABOVE GUIDANCE TONIGHT...TEMPS WILL REMAIN IN THE 60S UNTIL FROPA. ON SUNDAY CAA BEHIND FRONT COMBINED WITH LINGERING PRECIP WILL CAUSE TEMPS TO FALL BACK INTO THE 50S. MOS TEMPS GENERALLY ACCEPTED SUN NITE...I.E. 35-40. LOW-MID 50S LOOK GOOD ON MON. JKL 62/62/36/54 ++30 LOZ 62/62/36/56 ++30 SES
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 1, 8:55 PM EST, 5 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
855 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
335 PM TAR RIDGE/25 SW MOREHEAD KY TORNADO
03/01/97 MENIFEE 24 HR POINT REPORT TORNADO ON
THE GROUND NEAR TAR RIDGE
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TRAILERS
AND HOUSES
345 PM POMEROYTON/25 S MOREHEAD KY TORNADO
03/01/97 MENIFEE 24 HR POINT REPORTED TORNADO
ON THE GROUND NEAR
POMEROYTON
BUILDINGS DAMAGED
TREES DOWN
POWER LINES DOWN
320 PM WEST PART KY WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 MORGAN TREES DOWN ON ROADS
410 PM FLAT GAP/35 SE MOREHEAD KY WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 JOHNSON TREES AND PHONE LINES DOWN
418 PM IN COUNTY KY 50 MPH TSTM GUST
03/01/97 MARTIN
CEG/JIRLocal storm report, Mar 1, 8:56 PM EST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
855 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
335 PM TAR RIDGE/25 SW MOREHEAD KY TORNADO
03/01/97 MENIFEE 24 HR POINT REPORT TORNADO ON
THE GROUND NEAR TAR RIDGE
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TRAILERS
AND HOUSES
345 PM POMEROYTON/25 S MOREHEAD KY TORNADO
03/01/97 MENIFEE 24 HR POINT REPORTED TORNADO
ON THE GROUND NEAR
POMEROYTON
BUILDINGS DAMAGED
TREES DOWN
POWER LINES DOWN
320 PM WEST PART KY WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 MORGAN TREES DOWN ON ROADS
410 PM FLAT GAP/35 SE MOREHEAD KY WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 JOHNSON TREES AND PHONE LINES DOWN
418 PM IN COUNTY KY 50 MPH TSTM GUST
03/01/97 MARTIN
CEG/JIRLocal storm report, Mar 1, 9:10 PM EST, 5 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
910 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
435 PM 3 N INEZ KY TORNADO
03/01/97 MARTIN FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED NEAR
BLACK LOG AND TURKEY
RT 3 CLOSED DUE TO TREES
DOWN
440 PM PUNCHEON/9 N PAINTSVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 JOHNSON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING
300 PM STANTON/30 SW MOREHEAD KY WIND DAMAGE
03/01/97 POWELL DELAYED REPORT FROM STATE
POLICE
SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED AND A
BARN BLOWN DOWN.
554 PM IN COUNTY KY FLOODING
03/01/97 MENIFEE STREAMS COUNTYWIDE AT
BANKFUL NUMEROUS ROADS
COVERED WITH WATER
600 PM IN COUNTY KY FLOODING
03/01/97 FLEMING KY HWY 11 NEAR TILTON CLOSED
UNDER 4 FT OF WATER
CREEKS OUT OF BANKS...
SANDLICK
FOX
FLEMING
7 PEOPLE EVACUATED
641 PM IN COUNTY KY FLOODING
03/01/97 ESTILL SEVERAL ROADS COVERED WITH
WATER
FLOODING OF BUSINESSES AND
BASEMENTS
900 PM IN COUNTY KY FLOODING
03/01/97 ELLIOTT DELAYED REPORT FROM DES
DIRECTOR
NUMEROUS BRIDGES WASHED OUT
AND ROADS UNDER WATER
CEG/JIRLocal storm report, Mar 1, 9:16 PM EST, 5 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1231 AM EST MON MAR 3 1997
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 AM PULASKI CO KY WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 PULASKI TREES DOWN IN SEVERAL PLACES
1230 AM PULASKI CO KY FLOODING
03/02/97 PULASKI SCATTERED FLOODING OVER WHOLE
COUNTY. MOSTLY BASEMENTS...
LOW LYING AREAS AND FARM
LAND.
1240 AM WAYNE CO KY FLOODING
03/02/97 WAYNE POOLING WATER ON SEVERAL
ROADS.
114 AM POWELL CO KY FLOODING
03/02/97 POWELL SEVERAL STREAMS FLOODED.
120 AM FLEMING CO KY WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 FLEMING TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS COUNTY.
125 AM 25 SW MOREHEAD KY TORNADO
03/02/97 MONTGOMERY POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED BY
COUNTY DES.
130 AM 20 S MOREHEAD KY HAIL
03/02/97 MORGAN SMALL HAIL REPORTED IN EZEL.
132 AM 20 SW MOREHEAD KY WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 MENIFEE WIND DAMAGE OVER COUNTY.
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN. ON HWY 1240 IN
DENNISTON HOUSE BLOWN OFF
FOUNDATION. ONE TRAILER
DESTROYED AND ANOTHER BLOWN
OFF FOUNDATION. ROOF BLOWN
OFF HOUSE. TWO BARNS
DESTROYED. STEEL FLAG POLE
BENT OVER HALF WAY. ON HWY
1693 AND 1274 TREE FELL ON
HOUSE AND CAR. ONE BARN
DESTROYED.
132 AM 20 SW MOREHEAD KY TORNADO
03/02/97 MENIFEE POSSIBLE TORNADO IN
DENNISTON AND ON RT 1274 IN
MORGAN VIEW ESTATES.
150 AM 30 NW JACKSON KY WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 POWELL SEVERAL TREES DOWN. SOME
FELL ON HOUSES AND BLOCKED
ROADS. ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE.
SIDING BLOWN OFF HOUSES.
150 AM 30 SW JACKSON KY TORNADO
03/02/97 POWELL POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
BY PUBLIC IN STANTON.
150 AM ESTILL CO KY WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 ESTILL NUMEROUS TREES DOWN OVER
COUNTY. TREES BLOCKING PARTS
OF HWY 52.
150 AM 20 S MOREHEAD KY WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 MORGAN POWER LINES DOWN. TREE
DAMAGE TO HOUSES AND CARS.
ONE BARN BLOWN DOWN. OTHER
BARN DAMAGE.
200 AM JACKSON KY WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 BREATHITT FLAG POLE BENT TO GROUND IN
TOWN.
200 AM ELLIOTT KY WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 ELLIOTT SHINGLES BLOWN OFF HOUSES.
TREES DOWN AT SEVERAL
LOCATIONS.
200 AM MAGOFFIN CO KY WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 MAGOFFIN FEW TREES BLOWN OVER IN
COUNTY.
220 AM JOHNSON CO KY WIND DAMAGE
03/03/97 JOHNSON POWER OUTAGES OVER COUNTY.
LIMBS BLOWN OUT OF TREES.
ROOF BLOWN OFF SMALL
BUILDING AND LANDED ON CAR
IN PAINTSVILLE.
230 AM FLOYD CO KY WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 FLOYD TREES DOWN IN PARTS OF
COUNTY. IN SOUTH FLOYD TREES
BLOCKING RT 122.
230 AM MARTIN CO KY WIND DAMAGE
03/02/97 MARTIN FEW TREES BLOWN OVER IN
COUNTY.
300 AM BATH CO KY FLOODING
03/02/97 BATH EVACUATIONS DUE TO FLOODING.
SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED OVER
COUNTY. STATE HWY 112 AND 221
CLOSED...ALSO US 460. HOMES
FLOODED NEAR PRESTON...
OLYMPIA...STATE VALLEY AND
WYOMING.
300 AM FLEMING CO KY FLOODING
03/02/97 FLEMING SEVERAL CREEKS AND STREAMS
FLOODED. WATER COVERING ROAD
IN PARTS OF COUNTY. ON
LOCUST RD NEAR HILLSBORO AND
ON KY 32W CAR DROVE OFF ROAD
INTO WATER. ON KY 1032 NEAR
MUSES MILLS TWO PEOPLE WERE
RESCUED BEFORE CARS WENT
INTO WATER. KY 111 AND ROAD
158 UNDER WATER.
330 AM 25 W JACKSON KY FLOODING
03/02/97 LEE MUDSLIDE OFF OF 587 ON TODD
ROAD NEAR DELVINTA.
330 AM 25 SE MOREHEAD KY FLOODING
03/02/97 ELLIOTT BRIDGES WASHED OUT IN
ISONZILLE. SEVERAL ROADS AND
BRIDGES NOT PASSABLE.
ROAD BEDS WAHED OUT.
EVACUATION OF NURSING HOME.
400 AM MONTGOMERY CO KY FLOODING
03/02/97 MONTGOMERY CREEKS FLOODED IN COUNTY.
SOME ROADS ARE NOT PASSABLE.
515 AM 2 NW PIKEVILLE KY FLOODING
03/02/97 FLOYD ROCKSLIDE REPORTED IN
AUXIER. ONE LANE OF RT 321
COVERED. FThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 12:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Powell | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 12:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 12:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Powell | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 12:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rockcastle | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 12:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Powell | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 1:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Rockcastle | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 1:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Laurel | 61 min |
| Mar 2, 1:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Powell | 61 min |
| Mar 2, 1:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee, Wolfe | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 1:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 1:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 1:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Owsley | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 1:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Morgan | 61 min |
| Mar 2, 1:36 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:36 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Lee, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 1:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 1:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 2:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Johnson | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Martin | 34 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.