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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Jackson, KY

July 4, 2001Pulaski County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2001, 1:54 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Kentucky. It was in force for 51 min. 4 reports 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: Jul 4, 2001, 1:54 PM EDT (17:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2001, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Pulaski County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 4, 2:10 PM EDT	Hail 1.75	Eubank, KY
Jul 4, 2:11 PM EDT	Tornado F1	Somerset, KY	On the afternoon of July 4th, severe thunderstorms developed over portions of south central and southeastern Kentucky. One of the storms spawned a multi-segmented tornado which first touched down northwest of downtown Somerset. The damage began along Old Sal
Jul 4, 2:20 PM EDT	Hail 1.75	Somerset, KY	The storm produced a 5 mile wide swath of golf ball size hail.
Jul 4, 2:26 PM EDT	Hail 2.75	Science Hill, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 4, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jul 4, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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: 1372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 5.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KJKL 041754
TORJKL

KYC199-041845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
154 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PULASKI COUNTY

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 154 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  SCIENCE HILL...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET...MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  3 MILES NORTH OF SCIENCE HILL AT 205 PM EDT.
  OVER SHOPVILLE AT 220 PM EDT.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR KENTUCKY.

$$

HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Perry	37 min
Jul 4, 11:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay	49 min
Jul 4, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox	50 min
Jul 4, 2:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski	61 min
Jul 4, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox	49 min
Jul 4, 3:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel	3 hr

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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.