Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Apr 21, 1997, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)

Expired

Apr 21, 1997, 7:15 PM EDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

County Bell County, KY

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KJKL 212219 RRA
SVRJKL
KYC013-212315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
615 PM EDT MON APR 21 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

   ...SOUTHERN BELL
 
AT 610 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LAFOLLETTE IN CAMPBELL COUNTY TENNESSEE OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MIDDLESBORO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE
INTO THE TOWNS OF MIDDLEBORO BY 640 PM AND CUBAGE BY 655 PM. THIS
STORM HAS A HISTORY OF NICKEL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

LARGE HAIL IS THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER INDOORS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. IF
YOU LIVE IN A TRAILER...MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING.

RODEWALD/GREIF

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 21, 2:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
230 PM EDT MON APR 21 1997

SATELLITE SHOWS FIRST SHORTWAVE TROF AND ASSOCIATED VORT HAS MOVED E
OF STATE. SECOND SHORT WAVE TROF AND VORT NEAR STL MOVING E AND WILL
AFFECT KY EARLY TONIGHT. MODELS AGREE IN MOVING THIS FEATURE AND
ASSOCIATED WEAK SFC LOW E OF KY OVERNIGHT. LOW POPS IN SRN HALF OF
COUNTY WARNING AREA FOR EARLY TONIGHT SHOULD HANDLE SITUATION. LOOKS
LIKE ANY CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE OVER WITH BY LATE EVENING IN
SOUTH...THEN JUST CLOUDY ENTIRE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT.

WL NEED TO WAIT FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE TROF TO AFFECT AREA
TUESDAY NIGHT FOR NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN. MODELS NOT IN EXACT AGREEMENT
WITH TRACK AND STRENGTH OF ASSOCIATED SFC LOW BUT DO AGREE SFC LOW WL
TRACK SOUTH OF KY...THUS KEEPING US OUT OF SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

CLOUDS TO HANG IN OVERNIGHT SO TEMPERATURES WILL NOT FALL MUCH. FWC
LOWS IN UPPER 40S LOOK REASONONABLE. HIGHS ON TUESDAY DEPfEND ON AMOUNT
OF SUN. SHOULD SEE AT LEAST SOME SUN IN N PART OF FORECAST AREA.
PREFER SLIGHTLY COOLER FAN NUMBERS FOR HIGHS WITH LOWER 60S.

JKL  47/62/50   316
LOZ  47/63/51   327

SBH

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.