Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2001, 6:55 PM EDT for Johnson County, Martin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 50 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
- May 6, 2001, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2001, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Johnson County, KY, Martin County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:00 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Hagerhill, KY | |
| May 6, 7:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Williamsport, KY | |
| May 6, 7:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Thelma, 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KJKL 062258 SVRJKL KYC115-159-062345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 655 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JOHNSON COUNTY MARTIN COUNTY * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 655 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER VAN LEAR...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAINTSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... OVER BOONS CAMP AT 700 PM EDT. OVER RIVER AT 705 PM EDT. OVER WHITEHOUSE AT 710 PM EDT. OVER CHESTNUT AT 715 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCTEMENT AGENCY. ASK THEY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN JACKSON KY. LAT...LON 3779 8296 3770 8260 3802 8245 3813 8288 $$ DUSTY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Whitley | 42 min |
| May 6, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox | 47 min |
| May 6, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan | 54 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.