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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Jackson, KY

August 17, 2000Leslie County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Aug 17, 2000, 6:29 PM EDT for Leslie County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 17, 2000, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2000, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Leslie County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Aug 17, 6:45 PM EDT	Hail 1	Rockhouse, KY
Aug 17, 6:50 PM EDT	Hail 1	Thousandsticks, KY
Aug 17, 7:10 PM EDT	Hail 1	Asher, 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
Aug 17, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 256 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 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.

934 
WFUS53 KJKL 172229
TORJKL
KYC131-172315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
629 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LESLIE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HYDEN

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER BOBS FORK...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF HYDEN...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER HOSEA AT 640 PM EDT
  OVER STINNETT...2 MILES NORTHEAST OF ESSIE AT 645 PM EDT
  OVER ASHER...HOSKINSTON AT 650 PM EDT
  OVER CHAPPELL...2 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOZELLE AT 655 PM EDT

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR KENTUCKY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3730 8341 3715 8355 3691 8348 3706 8320

HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Powell	42 min
Aug 17, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee	52 min
Aug 17, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Owsley	42 min
Aug 17, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson	52 min
Aug 17, 5:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Jackson	38 min
Aug 17, 6:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay	52 min
Aug 17, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Owsley	44 min
Aug 17, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Leslie, Perry	40 min
Aug 17, 7:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Leslie	52 min
Aug 17, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan	38 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.