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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jackson, KY

March 28, 1997Rockcastle County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 1997, 8:46 PM EST for Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 1997, 8:46 PM EST (01:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1997, 9:45 PM EST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Rockcastle County, KY

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 28, 7:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 234 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1997-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 275 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1997-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 282 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJKL 290147 RRA
TORJKL
KYC197-203-231-290245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EST (845 PM CST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

   ...PULASKI
   ...ROCKCASTLE
   ...NORTHERN WAYNE
 
AT 845 PM... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO POSSIBLE TORNADOES.  THE
NORTHERN STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF GILPIN OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SOMERSET.  THIS STORM WILL AFFECT  EUBANK...CLARENCE...
GOOCHTOWN...LEVEL GREEN...AND MOUNT VERNON...BY 930 PM EST (OR 830 PM
CST)

THE SOUTHERN STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JAMESTOWN OR 25 MILES WEST OF
SOMERSET.  THIS STORM WILL AFFECT BART...MILL SPRINGS AND CEDARCREST
VINNIE...NAOMI... AND FAUBUSH BY 830 PM CST (OR 930 PM EST).

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADIC THREAT...LARGE HAIL...UP TO 2 INCHES IN
DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE WITH BOTH OF THESE STORMS.
 
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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 8:46 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLWayne59 min
Mar 28, 8:46 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLPowell59 min
Mar 28, 10:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Laurel, Rockcastle51 min
Mar 28, 10:30 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLLaurel60 min
Mar 28, 10:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay61 min
Mar 28, 10:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLOwsley63 min
Mar 28, 10:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming53 min
Mar 28, 10:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLeslie, Perry62 min
Mar 28, 10:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt62 min
Mar 28, 11:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnott63 min
Mar 28, 11:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLeslie, Perry61 min
Mar 28, 11:51 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLLeslie, Perry64 min
Mar 28, 11:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Knox62 min
Mar 28, 11:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWhitley62 min
Mar 29, 12:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan, Letcher59 min
Mar 29, 1:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike50 min

Nearby

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Sources

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.