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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Jackson, KY

July 11, 2000Floyd County, Knott County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2000, 9:42 AM EDT for Floyd County, Knott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 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
Jul 11, 2000, 9:42 AM EDT (13:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2000, 10:15 AM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Floyd County, KY, Knott County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 306 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
306 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KJKL 111344
SVRJKL
KYC071-119-111415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
942 AM EDT TUE JUL 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN KENTUCKY
  NORTHERN KNOTT COUNTY IN KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT

* AT 941 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ELMROCK...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF
  HINDMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER RAVEN AT 950 AM EDT
  OVER BUCKINGHAM AT 1000 AM EDT

HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN JACKSON KY.

SCHAUB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming35 min
Jul 10, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRowan47 min
Jul 10, 10:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming38 min
Jul 10, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRowan43 min
Jul 10, 10:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee, Morgan46 min
Jul 10, 11:07 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMorgan, Rowan38 min
Jul 10, 11:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMontgomery36 min
Jul 10, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPowell, Wolfe32 min
Jul 10, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMagoffin32 min
Jul 10, 11:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt24 min
Jul 11, 12:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill26 min
Jul 11, 7:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming36 min
Jul 11, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Jackson42 min
Jul 11, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLOwsley32 min
Jul 11, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay44 min
Jul 11, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel29 min
Jul 11, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLeslie48 min
Jul 11, 3:01 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLeslie29 min
Jul 11, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Knox47 min
Jul 11, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan, Leslie47 min
Jul 11, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski49 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.