Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Jun 13, 1997, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 1997, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Whitley County, KY

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

000 
TTAA00 KJKL 132231
SVRJKL
KYC121-125-235-132300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
630 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

   ...KNOX

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

   ...LAUREL
   ...WHITLEY
 
AT 630 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES EAST OF SOMERSET TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SOMERSET.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES
OF LONDON...WILLIAMSBURG AND BARBOURVILLE.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.

SBH

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 2:21 PM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
220 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997

WE HAVE A RATHER UNSTABLE AIRMASS THIS AFTERNOON AND A FEW SHRA/TSRA
HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP...MAINLY N AND W OF THE CWA. OROGRAPHY WILL
CONTINUE TO AID IN SCT TSRA FOR THE REST OF THE PM.

FOR TONITE THE MCS HEADING OUT OF IL AND INTO WRN KY WILL DIRECTLY
IMPACT OUR WEATHER. ETA/AVN/NGM ALL IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN BRINGING VORT
MAX INTO WRN KY BY 12Z THEN INTO WRN NC BY 00Z SUNDAY. SATELLITE AND
RADAR LOOPS WOULD BRING THE MCS INTO THE CWA LATER TONITE...WITH BEST
MODEL UVM AROUND 12Z. LIKELY...MAYBE EVEN CAT POPS ARE IN ORDER. SOME
POTENTIAL FOR SVR PER WW#418 JUST TO OUR WEST BUT BELIEVE BIGGEST
THREAT WILL BE HVY RAIN. WOULD HIGHLIGHT THIS IN THE ZONES.

SAT AM STARTS OUT WET AND SOMEWHAT STORMY AS FRONT/SFC WAVE SLIDES
THRU. DON/T EXPECT A LOT OF CLRG UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. MAINLY
CLDY ALL DAY SRN TIER. SHRA/TSRA MAINLY IN THE MORNING...STILL LIKELY
POPS NEEDED TO COVER THIS.

WELCOME CLRG SAT NITE. WOULD EXPECT TO SEE VALLEY FOG FORMATION WITH
THE EXPECTED RECENT RAIN AND LITE WINDS. ETA/NGM ADVERTISE MEAN RH
VALUES AOB 30 PERCENT FOR SUNDAY. HAVEN/T SEEN THAT IN A WHILE!
STRAIGXHT SUNNY OUGHT TO WORK AS CURU MACRO ON PCGRIDDS SUGG NOT MUCH
CU DEVELOPMENT.

FWC GUIDANCE LOOKS APPEALING AND WOULDN/T STRAY TOO FAR.

JKL  64/74/57/81  8600
LOZ  64/74/56/82  8600

SES

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.