Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1998, 3:14 PM EDT for Morgan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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
- May 3, 1998, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1998, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morgan County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 3, 2:45 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 2:45 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 3, 11:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-041200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1130 AM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER // SPC // HAS EXPANDED THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO INCLUDE ALL OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .LOCATION... THE SLIGHT RISK AREA EXTENDS AS FAR WEST AS INTERSTATE 65 AND ALSO EXTENDS NORTH INTO THE SOUTHERN REACHES OF OHIO. .SYNOPSIS... AN INTENSE AREA OF UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE IN FAR EASTCENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE OVER KENTUCKY TODAY. AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH SOME SUNSHINE WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED AFTER 2 PM EDT // 1 PM CDT AND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SUNSET. .THREAT... THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL OVER 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER WITH THE POTENTIAL OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. ADDITIONALLY SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF A HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. .ACTIVATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING STARTING IN WAYNE...MCCREARY...WHITLEY AND PULASKI COUNTIES. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK...STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. HUETTL
Special weather statement, May 3, 11:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-041200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1130 AM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER // SPC // HAS EXPANDED THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO INCLUDE ALL OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .LOCATION... THE SLIGHT RISK AREA EXTENDS AS FAR WEST AS INTERSTATE 65 AND ALSO EXTENDS NORTH INTO THE SOUTHERN REACHES OF OHIO. .SYNOPSIS... AN INTENSE AREA OF UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE IN FAR EASTCENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE OVER KENTUCKY TODAY. AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH SOME SUNSHINE WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED AFTER 2 PM EDT // 1 PM CDT AND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SUNSET. .THREAT... THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL OVER 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER WITH THE POTENTIAL OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. ADDITIONALLY SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF A HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. .ACTIVATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING STARTING IN WAYNE...MCCREARY...WHITLEY AND PULASKI COUNTIES. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK...STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. HUETTL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie | 75 min |
| May 2, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill | 60 min |
| May 2, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Wolfe | 82 min |
| May 3, 12:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Whitley | 47 min |
| May 3, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel | 48 min |
| May 3, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 44 min |
| May 3, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Owsley | 47 min |
| May 3, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie | 47 min |
| May 3, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 48 min |
| May 3, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell | 33 min |
| May 3, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Perry | 48 min |
| May 3, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 47 min |
| May 3, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan | 61 min |
| May 3, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 65 min |
| May 3, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.