Tornado Warning 11, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Mar 28, 1997, 11:51 PM EST (04:51 UTC)

Expired

Mar 29, 1997, 12:55 AM EST

In force

64 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 290452 RRA
TORJKL
KYC131-193-290555-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1151 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1255 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

   ...LESLIE
   ...PERRY
 
AT 1147 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
HINDMAN TO HAZARD TO THOUSANDSTICKS...ALONG THE DANIEL BOONE
PARKWAY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE WINDS
IN EXCESS  OF 55 MPH AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL.

TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE HYDEN AND HAZARD. THIS WILL
BE THE SECOND SEVERE STORM TO AFFECT HAZARD AND THIS WARNING SERVES TO
EXTEND THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR PERRY COUNTY.

WE HAVE RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE STATE POLICE OF A TORNADO ALONG THE
DANIEL BOONE PARKWAY EAST OF HYDEN AND WEST OF HAZARD AT 1150 PM.

THIS WARNING UPGRADES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING JUST
ISSUED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED
AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

&

INGRAM/BALLARD

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Mar 28, 3:17 PM EST, 8 hours 34 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

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