Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Mar 28, 1997, 10:53 PM EST (03:53 UTC)

Expired

Mar 28, 1997, 11:55 PM EST

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Leslie County, KY, Perry County, 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.

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TTAA00 KJKL 290354 RRA
SVRJKL
KYC025-131-193-290455-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1053 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1155 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

   ...BREATHITT
   ...NORTHERN LESLIE
   ...NORTHERN PERRY
 
AT 1050 PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BOONEVILLE AND
BURNING SPRING.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL AFFECT
BUCKHORN STATE RESORT PARK...WOLF COAL AND CONFLUENCE BY 1130 PM.

LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES...WITH LITTLE OR NO WARING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
 
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.

INGRAM/BALLARD

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 28, 3:17 PM EST, 7 hours 36 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
315 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997

FINALLY VIEWED THE MODEL DATA AND FEEL THAT THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT
SEVERE WEATHER WILL NOT BE IN OUR AREA UNTIL VERY LATE TONIGHT. SFC
ANALYSIS AND UA COMPARISONS TO THE AVN/NGM AND ETA GRIDS SUGGESTS THAT
THE ETA IS MOST LIKELY THE BETTER MODEL TO GO WITH SO HAVE COMMITED.

THIS ALSO GOES WELL WITH THE CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY. THERE IS A
STRONG S/WV MOVING OUT OF THE PLAINS AND THIS IS WELL REPRESENTED BY
THE ETA. THERE IS A STRONG TROP FOLD ORIGINATING IN THIS AREA RIDES
INTO THE MAIN TROF AXIS AND SHOULD GEN UP A SIGNIFICANT LOW. THE
SURFACE LOW HAS BEEN SLOW TO WRAP UP AND THE 18Z PRES CHGS SUGGEST
THAT THERE SHOULD BE TWO LOCATIONS TO WORRY ABOUT OVERNIGHT. EXPECT
THAT THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY SHIFT NORTH AND EAST INTO THE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY WITH A SECOND AREA SOUTH OF THE BLUEGRASS IN THE DEEP
MOISTURE AND SHARP BAROCLINIC AREA.

FOR NOW FEEL THAT THE CURRENT TIMING OF THE MORNING UPDATE IS FINE AND
WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE TREND. PERSONALLY DO NOT ANTICIPATE MUCH IN THE
WAY OF SEVERE IN ERN KY...BUT CUD SEE SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE
MOUNTAINS ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EAST`ER BORDER.

I COULD BE WRONG.

JKL  50/61/39 +62
LOZ  49/62/37 +52

LEWIS

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.