Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Nov 9, 2000, 5:30 PM EST (22:30 UTC)

Expired

Nov 9, 2000, 6:30 PM EST

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Pike County, KY

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

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.

000 
WUUS53 KJKL 092231
SVRJKL
KYC071-115-159-195-092330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
530 PM EST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JOHNSON COUNTY
  FLOYD COUNTY
  PIKE COUNTY
  MARTIN COUNTY

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 530 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING
  FROM NEAR SALYERSVILLE TO HAZARD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  PAINTSVILLE AT 600 PM EST.
  PRESTONSBURG AT 600 PM EST.
  PIKEVILLE AT 630 PM EST.
  INEZ AT 630 PM EST.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING 
FOR MUCH OF KENTUCKY. ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE 
EASTERN PORTION OF KENTUCKY...INCLUDING THE WARNED AREA...AND WILL 
BE IN EFFECT THROUGH 900 PM. 

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS OF 60 MPH WHICH 
ARE CAPABLE OF UPROOTING TREES AND REMOVING ROOFS. A TORNADO IS 
CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. 

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN YOUR BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM 
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY 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.

LAT...LON 3800 8293 3785 8296 3734 8272 3721 8255
          3729 8234 3752 8202 3780 8238 3795 8251
          3787 8262


INGRAM

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 9, 2:35 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
235 PM EST THU NOV 9 2000

THE MODELS ARE VERY SIMILAR THIS RUN. EVEN THE MRF FROM LAST NIGHT
VERIFIED WITH THE POSITION OF THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER AR THIS
MORNING. THAT SHORT WAVE IS FORECASTED TO BE OVER SOUTHERN IN THIS
EVENING AND INTO NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY. AS THE SURFACE COLD FRONT EXITS
FAR EASTERN KY LATER THIS EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BUT
SCATTERED SHOWERS SHOULD CONTINUE OVERNIGHT OVER MUCH OF EASTERN KY
AHEAD OF A SECONDARY SURFACE TROUGH. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL OFF FAST
INTO THE LOWER 40S BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR EARLY
FRIDAY BUT HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY REACH THE LOWER 50S AS COLD
AIR MOVES IN FROM THE CENTRAL STATES. A SHORT WAVE RIDGE THAT BUILDS
OVER THE LOWER MS VALLEY FRIDAY WILL MOVE OVER THE EASTERN STATES
SATURDAY. THUS...SOME MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOLLOWING COLD MORNING READINGS IN THE 30S.

IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THE MRF MODEL
SHOWS THAT A BLOCKING RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC FORCES ANOTHER
CUTOFF LOW TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...WHILE SHORT WAVE
ENERGY EJECTS FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION.
THE NET EFFECT FOR EASTERN KY WILL BE A RETURN TO SEASONAL
TEMPERATURES WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TUESDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
APPROACHING FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST.

JKL 43/50 35/58  6000
LOZ 40/52 32/58  6000

WORK ZONES WILL BE OUT SOON UNDER SDFOZFJKL.

.JKL...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 8 PM.

SCHAUB

In the hours before

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-092000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1211 PM EST THU NOV 9 2000

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY WILL MOVE EAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE LINE OF
STORMS IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY SOUTH
TO THE SOMERSET AREA BETWEEN 4 PM AND 6 PM...AND THEN CONTINUE EAST
DURING THE EARLY EVENING.

DUE TO STRONG WINDS THAT CHANGE DIRECTION WITH HEIGHT...
THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS ARE TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS.

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO KEEP INFORMED OF THE WEATHER
SITUATION...AND BE PREPARED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

STAY AWARE OF WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR UPDATES.

SCHAUB

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

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.