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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY

June 2, 2001Knox County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2001, 6:54 PM EDT for Knox County, Kentucky. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2001, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2001, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Knox County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 260 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2001-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2001-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 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 
WFUS53 KJKL 022255
TORJKL

KYC121-022345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
654 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 654 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER WILTON...OR ABOUT 8
  MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLIAMSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  3 MILES SOUTH OF BARBOURVILLE AT 710 PM EDT.
  OVER ARTEMUS AT 715 PM EDT.
  OVER HIMYAR AT 720 PM EDT.
  OVER FLAT LICK AT 725 PM EDT.
  5 MILES SOUTH OF WALKER AT 730 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.

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 ANDd 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.

$$

HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming26 min
Jun 2, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley37 min
Jun 2, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay, Laurel21 min
Jun 2, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay15 min
Jun 2, 6:43 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay32 min
Jun 2, 6:57 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLeslie48 min
Jun 2, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.