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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Jackson, KY

July 14, 2000Laurel County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2000, 10:12 PM EDT for Laurel County, Kentucky. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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, 10:12 PM EDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2000, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Laurel County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 14, 10:35 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	London, 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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 247 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KJKL 150213
SVRJKL
KYC125-150300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1012 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAUREL COUNTY IN KENTUCKY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LONDON

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1007 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CRUISE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF MOUNT
  VERNON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER ATLANTA...OAKLEY...3 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAST BERNSTADT...3
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENMOUNT AT 1020 PM EDT
  3 MILES NORTHEAST OF PITTSBURG AT 1025 PM EDT
  OVER MAPLESVILLE AT 1030 PM EDT
  OVER BROCK...3 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEVI JACKSON WILDERNESS ROAD
  STATE PARK...4 MILES NORTHEAST OF FARISTON AT 1035 PM EDT
  OVER LESBAS AT 1040 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 200 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR KE,NTUCKY.

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, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 7:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 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, 9:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Knox	50 min
Jul 14, 9:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rockcastle	38 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.