Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Mar 29, 1997, 12:46 AM EST (05:46 UTC)

Expired

Mar 29, 1997, 1:45 AM EST

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Harlan County, KY, Letcher 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 290547 RRA
SVRJKL
KYC095-133-290645-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1246 AM EST SAT MAR 29 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

   ...EASTERN HARLAN
   ...LETCHER
 
AT 1245 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN FAR SOUTHERN
LESLIE COUNTY NEAR HELTON...OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MIDDLESBORO.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT HARLAN...AGES...
HIRAM...KINGS CREEK AND WHITESBURG THROUGH 130 AM.

DAMAGING WINDS IS THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS STORM BUT LARGE HAIL IS
ALSO POSSIBLE.  EVEN A TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.
 
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
INSIDNE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

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, 9 hours 29 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.