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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Jackson, KY

August 17, 2000Clay County, Leslie County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Aug 17, 2000, 7:08 PM EDT for Clay County, Leslie County, Kentucky. It was in force for 52 min. 2 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, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2000, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Clay County, KY, Leslie County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 17, 7:10 PM EDTHail 1Asher, KY
Aug 17, 7:45 PM EDTHail 2.75Warbranch, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 17, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 269 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 2000-08-17Temperature 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 2000-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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.

271 
WFUS53 KJKL 172308
TORJKL
KYC051-131-180000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN KENTUCKY
  SOUTHERN LESLIE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER SKIDMORE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HYDEN...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER WARBRANCH...5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOZELLE AT 715 PM EDT
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAPPELL AT 720 PM EDT
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEWIS CREEK AT 725 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 3711 8352 3696 8365 3692 8348 3700 8326

HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPowell42 min
Aug 17, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Lee52 min
Aug 17, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLOwsley42 min
Aug 17, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson52 min
Aug 17, 5:52 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLJackson38 min
Aug 17, 6:08 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay52 min
Aug 17, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLOwsley44 min
Aug 17, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLeslie, Perry40 min
Aug 17, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLeslie46 min
Aug 17, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.