Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2001, 8:03 PM EDT for Wolfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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
- Jun 15, 2001, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2001, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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 15, 8:18 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Campton, KY | Thunderstorm winds blew large branches down, knocking power lines 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KJKL 160007 CCA
SVRJKL
KYC237-160045-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED FOR POSITION OF STORM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
803 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WOLFE COUNTY
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 803 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CAMPTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.
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 3785 8349 3774 8368 3767 8362 3763 8349
3764 8345 3769 8344 3771 8340 3769 8337
3772 8329 3779 8336
$$
HEINLEINWhat 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 15, 3:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 305 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001 17Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSING INTO THE WESTERN OHIO VALLEY. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANYING THE FRONT AS IT COMES EAST. CLOSER TO HOME...OUT AHEAD OF THIS A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POPPING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EAST KENTUCKY. THE MODELS ARE IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT SWINGING THE UPPER LOW THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WITH A SHORTWAVE CROSSING THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. AS THE LOW LIFTS OUT...THE PATTERN BECOMES ZONAL WITH THE WESTERLIES REMAINING NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER AS A FLAT RIDGE BUILDS EAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH MIDWEEK. MCS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE GREAT LAKES AREA DESPITE OUR AMPLE FUEL...WITH HIGH HUMIDITIES AND HEAT...AS IT WILL BE TOO WARM ALOFT. THIS WILL BREAK DOWN LATER IN THE WEEK AS A WAVE RIPPLES OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS SENDING THE RIDGE BACK SOUTH. FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THE STORMS EAST INTO OUR GOOD INSTABILITY WITH LIS TO -5 AND CAPES OF 1500 TO 2000 J/KG. PWS ARE ALSO HIGH...IN THE 1.5 TO 2.0 INCH RANGE MAKING HEAVY RAIN A GOOD BET FROM ANY STORM. HOWEVER...IT WILL BE MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN THE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OF THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS SO EXPECT BASIN AVERAGES TO BE A HALF INCH OR LESS. THE FRONT AND ITS PRECIPITATION WILL EXIT EAST KENTUCKY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH DRIER AND SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR ARRIVING ON NORTHWEST WINDS AS THE SKY BECOMES SUNNY. EXPECT A RELATIVELY COOL NIGHT SATURDAY WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE 50S...A HILL TO VALLEY SPLIT IS POSSIBLE UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. AT THIS POINT WILL JUST PUT IT DOWN AS A 55 TO 60 DEGREE RANGE. AFTER A QUIET AND DRY SUNDAY...HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BUILD BACK INTO THE REGION. HOWEVER WE WILL BE RIGHT UNDER A THAT RIDGE KEEPING US DRY UNTIL THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK WHEN THE PATTERN BUCKLES. MOS TEMPERATURES SEEM TOO WARM THE NEXT TWO DAYS WHILE THEY LOOK GOOD AT NIGHT. MAV NUMBERS ARE THE OPPOSITE...GOOD DURING THE DAYS BUT TOO WARM AT NIGHT. WILL PICK THE BEST OF THE BUNCH. WORK ZONES ARE OUT UNDER THE AFOS PRODUCT SDFOZFJKL. JKL...NONE. GREIF
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:20 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, KY
720 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0712 PM 5 W CORBIN KY .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/01 LAUREL REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
JCNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.