Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2001, 6:57 PM EDT for Leslie County, Kentucky. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2001, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2001, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Leslie County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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 2, 7:11 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Stinnett, KY | Trees were blown down across Cherokee Lane and Turkey Foot Road. |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KJKL 022257 TORJKL KYC131-022345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 657 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LESLIE COUNTY * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 657 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER ROARK...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... OVER ESSIE AT 705 PM EDT. OVER ASHER AT 710 PM EDT. 3 MILES NORTH OF CHAPPELL AT 715 PM EDT. 4 MILES SOUTH OF CINDA AT 720 PM EDT. OVER BIG FORK AT 725 PM EDT. OVER BIG ROCK 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 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. $$ HEINLEIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Laurel | 21 min |
| Jun 2, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay | 15 min |
| Jun 2, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 6:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Knox | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell | 52 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.