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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY

June 21, 2000Knott County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2000, 2:12 PM EDT for Knott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2000, 2:12 PM EDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2000, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Knott County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 242 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 2000-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 905 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 308 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
905 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
308 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
10.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KJKL 211813
TORJKL
KYC119-211845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
212 PM EDT WED JUN 21 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN KNOTT COUNTY IN KENTUCKY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HINDMAN

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 207 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER ANCO...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HINDMAN...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER SPIDER...2 MILES SOUTH OF BRINKLEY...3 MILES SOUTH OF IVIS AT
     220 PM EDT
  OVER BATH...PINE TOP...2 MILES SOUTH OF MALLIE AT 225 PM EDT
  OVER DREW...MAY...NEALY...OMAHA AT 230 PM EDT

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.

HALL

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.