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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Jackson, KY

June 6, 2001Jackson County, Lee County, Owsley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2001, 7:33 PM EDT for Jackson County, Lee County, Owsley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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: Jun 6, 2001, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2001, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Jackson County, KY, Lee County, KY, Owsley County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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
Jun 6, 8:01 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Wagersville, KY	Large tree limbs were blown down blocking several roads.
Jun 6, 8:03 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Mc Kee, KY	Trees were blown down and blocking Highway 89 North.

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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 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.

000 
WUUS53 KJKL 062334
SVRJKL
KYC065-109-129-189-070015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
733 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OWSLEY COUNTY
  JACKSON COUNTY
  LEE COUNTY
  ESTILL COUNTY

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 733 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BLANTON
  FLATS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF MCKEE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER YELLOW ROCK AT 740 PM EDT.
  OVER PROCTOR AT 745 PM EDT.
  OVER BEATTYVILLE AT 750 PM EDT.
  OVER AIREDALE AT 755 PM EDT.
  OVER FILLMORE AT 800 PM EDT.

STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...OVER 60 MPH...AND INTENSE RAIN ARE LIKELY 
WITH THIS STORM.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE JACKSON WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3784 8401 3765 8413 3758 8410 3752 8421
          3738 8416 3726 8402 3726 8391 3731 8389
          3736 8366 3727 8357 3738 8355 3751 836C0
          3764 8353 3776 8393

$$
LEWIS

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 6, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
630 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001

THE ZONES WERE JUST UPDATED TO INCLUDE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS
OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. WHAT FOLLOWS IS THE DISCUSSION BY THE
FORECASTER WHO COMPLETED THE ENTIRE AFTERNOON FORECAST PACKAGE.

HAVE BEEFED UP THE WORDING IN STORMS APPROACHING FA AROUND THE OHIO
RIVER AREA.  INSTABILITY HAS INCREASED THERE AND THE BOUNDARY HAS
BEEN LOCALLY ENHANCED BY SURFACE TROUGH AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES.
SHEAR LOOKS MUCH BETTER TODAY COMPARED TO YESTERDAY.

THESE STORMS COULD MEAN BUSINESS AND PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS
OF RAIN BESIDE THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER.  FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY
BE COMING AS A RESULT.

FRONT IS TO THE NORTH BUT WILL EVENTUALLY SAG SOUTH AND KEEP POPS IN
THE FORECAST UNTIL FRIDAY.  DIFFERENT FROM THE SWEEPING COLD FRONT
FROM THE WEST FROM A FEW DAYS AGO.

TWEAKED THE EXTENDED...BUT FOR THE MOST PART LOOKS ON TRACK.

.JKL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST
KENTUCKY TONIGHT...KYZ044-068-069-079-080-083>088-116.

HEINLEIN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-070100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
449 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING FOR MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY...

A FRONT ALONG THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY HAS BEGUN TO DRIFT SOUTH.
LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE I-75 CORRIDOR BY 6 PM THIS
EVENING. AS THE STORMS SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH THE
EVENING...A FEW OF THEM COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

ANOTHER CONCERN IS THAT MANY OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS OF MORE THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR. NEARLY SATURATED GROUND
IN MANY COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY IN FAR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...WILL
MAKE THE AREA SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING IN PLACES.

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER THIS EVENING.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR
UPDATES.

SCHAUB

Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:33 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
733 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0703 PM    MOUNT STERLING            KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/06/01   MONTGOMERY                     TREES DOWN AND BLOCKING
                                          HIGHWAY 11S...SOUTH OF
                                          MOUNT STERLING. REP6ORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT

TRL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Montgomery	46 min
Jun 6, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Menifee	38 min
Jun 6, 7:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill	42 min
Jun 6, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Wolfe	45 min
Jun 6, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott	50 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.