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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Jackson, KY

February 18, 2000Fleming County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 18, 2000, 6:39 PM EST for Fleming 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
Feb 18, 2000, 6:39 PM EST (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2000, 7:15 PM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Fleming County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 18, 7:00 PM ESTThunderstorm WindRingos Mills, KYLaw enforcement officials reported several trees downed by high winds in Ringos Mills and Hillsboro. One old structure was also destroyed.

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-02-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
428 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
372 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

088 
WUUS53 KLMK 182342
SVRJKL
KYC069-190015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
639 PM EST FRI FEB 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FLEMING COUNTY IN KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 715 PM EST

* AT 639 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES     
  WEST OF FLEMINGSBURG MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  COWAN AT 645 PM EST
  CRAINTOWN AT 650 PM EST
  DALESBURG AT 655 PM EST
  FOXPORT AT 700 PM EST
  GODDARD AT 705 PM EST
  MUSES MILLS AT 710 PM EST

* DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN JACKSON KY.

RAB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 1:14 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 1 more6 hr

Nearby

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

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.