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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Jackson, KY

July 14, 2000Knott County, Magoffin County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2000, 7:22 PM EDT for Knott County, Magoffin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 2000, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2000, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Knott County, KY, Magoffin County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 14, 7:30 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Salyersville, KY	Trees down.
Jul 14, 7:55 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Hindman, KY	Trees down.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 14, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 222 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KJKL 142325
SVRJKL
KYC119-153-150000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
722 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KNOTT COUNTY IN KENTUCKY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HINDMAN
  SOUTHEASTERN MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 717 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER DECOY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  HINDMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER BOLYN...HANDSHOE AT 730 PM EDT
  OVER MOUSIE...2 MILES NORTHEAST OF LARKSLANE AT 735 PM EDT
  OVER RAVEN AT 740 PM EDT
  OVER TOPMOST AT 745 PM EDT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

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

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR KENTUCKY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR KENTUCKY. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR KENTUCKY.

HEINLEIN

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 Jul 14, 7:08 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 7:08 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
708 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2000

...UPDATED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES...

THIS EVENT HAS ESCALATED RAPIDLY INTO FLASH FLOODING...AS CLOUD
ELEMENTS CONTINUE TO FEED INTO TAIL OF MCS OVER EASTERN KY. FLASH
FLOODING COULD CAUSE THE MOST DAMAGE IN FAR EASTERN KY WHERE TERRAIN
IS STEEP AND THE GROUND IS SATURATED.

.JKL...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL
       8 PM EDT AND FOR MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 10 PM EDT.

SCHAUB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Fleming	66 min
Jul 14, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath	49 min
Jul 14, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rowan	46 min
Jul 14, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Fleming	43 min
Jul 14, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath	43 min
Jul 14, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Montgomery	52 min
Jul 14, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Menifee	48 min
Jul 14, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Morgan	44 min
Jul 14, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Wolfe	40 min
Jul 14, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Morgan	49 min
Jul 14, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin	51 min
Jul 14, 7:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Morgan	20 min
Jul 14, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Lee	43 min
Jul 14, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill	47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.