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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Jackson, KY

March 25, 1997Perry County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 1997, 9:58 PM EST for Perry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 1997, 9:58 PM EST (02:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 1997, 10:45 PM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 326 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1997-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 68 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1997-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 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
68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.