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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2000, 7:10 PM EDT for Morgan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 20 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 14, 2000, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2000, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Morgan County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Ezel, KY | Straight line wind damage associated with a severe thunderstorm produced a path of damage approximately 9 miles long and 4 miles wide. Massive amounts of tree damage occurred all of which was lying in a southeastward direction. One mobile home received roof |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KJKL 142310 TORJKL KYC175-142330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED FOR TOR TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 710 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN KENTUCKY * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER EZEL...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF FRENCHBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STACY FORK AT 645 PM EDT DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. 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 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR KENTUCKY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR KENTUCKY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3798 8337 3790 8348 3784 8343 3782 8323 HEINLEIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Montgomery | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wolfe | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Magoffin | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill | 47 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.