Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Dec 16, 2000, 3:59 PM EST (20:59 UTC)

Expired

Dec 16, 2000, 4:30 PM EST

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Fleming County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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.

000 
WUUS53 KJKL 162100
SVRJKL
KYC069-205-162130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
359 PM EST SAT DEC 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FLEMING COUNTY
  ROWAN COUNTY

* UNTIL 430 PM EST

* AT 359 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER RINGOS
  MILLS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOREHEAD...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 95 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. 

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 3829 8371 3814 8353 3898 8288 3910 8312

SCHAUB

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Dec 16, 3:20 PM EST, 39 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
320 PM EST SAT DEC 16 2000

LOW PRESSURE OVER TN IS DEEPENING AND WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH
KENTUCKY TONIGHT...WITH STRONG COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE
FORECAST AREA...REACHING THE SOUTHWEST EDGE AROUND MIDNIGHT AND
EXITING THE EAST BEFORE SUNRISE. BREEZY/BLUSTERY CONDITIONS AHEAD OF
AND BEHIND THE FRONT.

THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN PART OF THE
FORECAST AREA. FFG VALUES ARE AS LOW AS A HALF INCH IN SOME OF THE
COUNTIES TO BE AFFECTED. WILL PROBABLY NEED TO USE A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR OUR WESTERN COUNTIES TONIGHT. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE
RAIN...BUT DO NOT EXPECT PRECIP TO BE QUITE AS HEAVY FURTHER
SOUTHEAST AND WILL NOT PLAN TO INCLUDE THIS AREA IN A WATCH AT THIS
TIME. WITH STRONG WIND FIELDS IN PLACE...THERE IS ALSO THE THREAT OF
HIGH WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

BEHIND THE FRONT...RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS FROM
WEST TO EAST BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAWN. COMPARED TO THE ETA...THE
AVN IS FASTER WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE LOW AND STRONGER WITH THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT...AND THUS BRINGS THE COLD AIR FASTER. THE TREND
HAS BEEN FOR THIS SYSTEM TO SLOW DOWN...AND PREFER TO STICK CLOSER
TO THE ETA SOLUTION.

LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED ON SUNDAY DUE TO A LAYER OF ISENTROPIC LIFT JUST
ABOVE THE COLDEST AIR NEAR THE GROUND. AN INCH OR TWO OF
ACCUMULATION LOOKS REASONABLE AND MAY REQUIRE A SNOW ADVISORY ISSUED
LATER.

THINGS QUIETING DOWN SUNDAY NIGHT.

.JKL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ZONES
044-50>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083-084.

HAL

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.