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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2000, 8:24 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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
- Apr 20, 2000, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2000, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 8:30 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Camargo, KY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 462 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 397 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 561 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
234 WUUS53 KJKL 210025 SVRJKL KYC173-210100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 824 PM EDT THU APR 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 900 PM EDT(800 PM CDT) * AT 824 PM EDT(724 PM CDT)...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KLONDIKE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CAMARGO AT 830 PM EDT OGGS STATION AT 835 PM EDT MOUNT STERLING AT 830 PM EDT 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. $$ GREIF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 63 min |
| Apr 20, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 63 min |
| Apr 20, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath | 60 min |
| Apr 20, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Fleming | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 32 min |
| Apr 20, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wolfe | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Magoffin, Morgan | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Morgan | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Whitley | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 10:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Whitley | 16 min |
| Apr 20, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Perry | 56 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.