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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Jackson, KY

July 14, 2000Bell County, Clay County, Knox County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2000, 9:25 PM EDT for Bell County, Clay County, Knox County, Kentucky. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 2000, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2000, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Knox County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 14, 9:50 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Pineville, 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 277 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: 3001 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 9.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KJKL 150125
SVRJKL
KYC013-051-121-150215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BELL COUNTY IN KENTUCKY
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN KENTUCKY
  KNOX COUNTY IN KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 918 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FIELD...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF
  BARBOURVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER RELLA...3 MILES EAST OF BLANCHE AT 935 PM EDT
  2 MILES EAST OF ARJAY AT 940 PM EDT
  OVER KETTLE ISLAND AT 945 PM EDT
  OVER CALLAWAY...MIRACLE AT 950 PM EDT
  OVER VARILLA...3 MILES WEST OF BALKAN AT 955 PM EDT
  OVER OAKS...2 MILES EAST OF CALVIN AT 1000 PM EDT

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.

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.

LAT...LON 3699 8350 3697 8394 3663 8372 3668 8352

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, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 7:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 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, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Leslie, Perry	41 min
Jul 14, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson	49 min
Jul 14, 8:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Letcher	39 min
Jul 14, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Leslie	52 min
Jul 14, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay	46 min
Jul 14, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan	43 min
Jul 14, 9:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rockcastle	38 min
Jul 14, 10:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel	48 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.