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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY

March 11, 2000Breathitt County, Magoffin County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 2000, 4:07 PM EST for Breathitt County, Magoffin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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
Mar 11, 2000, 4:07 PM EST (21:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 2000, 4:45 PM EST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Breathitt County, KY, Magoffin County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 2000-03-11Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 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 112105
SVRJKL
KYC025-153-112145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
407 PM EST SAT MAR 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BREATHITT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY   
  MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 445 PM EST

* AT 402 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH
  OF LUNAH...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF JACKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CARVER STATION AT 420 PM EST
  CONLEY STATION AT 425 PM EST
  ROYALTON AT 430 PM EST
  SALYERSVILLE AT 430 PM EST

LARGE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

GO INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCURR AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THEY 
PASS.

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

INGRAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 4:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.