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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, KY

April 3, 1998McCreary County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1998, 6:15 PM EST for McCreary County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 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
Apr 3, 1998, 6:15 PM EST (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 1998, 7:00 PM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County McCreary County, KY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 5:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1998-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1998-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

919 
WFUS1 KJKL 032316 RRA
TORJKL
KYC147-040000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
615 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

   ...MCCREARY

AT 615 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR SAND SPRING OR 35
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH
AND WILL AFFECT...

WHITLEY CITY BY 650 PM EST
CO OPERATIVE BY 640 PM EST
YAMACRAW BY 645 PM EST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A
REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

INGRAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 5:46 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLWayne49 min
Apr 3, 5:52 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLWayne68 min
Apr 3, 6:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWhitley50 min
Apr 3, 6:49 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLPulaski31 min
Apr 3, 6:49 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLPowell31 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.