Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Mar 28, 1997, 7:46 PM CST (01:46 UTC)

Expired

Mar 28, 1997, 8:45 PM CST

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

County Wayne County, KY

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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

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Mar 28, 2:17 PM CST, 5 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

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