Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2000, 3:01 PM EDT for Leslie County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 11, 2000, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2000, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Leslie County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 3:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Warbranch, KY | Trees down. |
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 273 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 306 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KJKL 111902 TORJKL KYC131-111930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 301 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LESLIE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY * UNTIL 330 PM EDT * AT 254 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO OVER WARBRANCH...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARLAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... 4 MILES SOUTH OF CHAPPELL AT 305 PM EDT 4 MILES SOUTH OF LEWIS CREEK AT 310 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. LAT...LON 3707 8346 3690 8354 3689 8343 3701 8325 SCHAUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Morgan | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 11:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Morgan, Rowan | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Montgomery | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 11:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Powell, Wolfe | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 11:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 24 min |
| Jul 11, 12:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill | 26 min |
| Jul 11, 7:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 9:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Owsley | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan, Leslie | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 49 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.