Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2001, 2:44 PM EDT for Laurel County, Pulaski County, Kentucky. It was in force for 61 min. 2 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, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2001, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Laurel County, KY, Pulaski County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | London, KY | This tornado was the continuation of the F1 tornado that traveled through Pulaski County. The tornado touched down in the Craigs Creek Group Campground area and was witnessed by a local law enforcement official. Eye witnesses reported that large trees starte |
| Jul 4, 3:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, KY | Trees were blown down in several areas across the county. In the North Corbin area trees were blown down on homes causing some structural damage. Tree damage also was reported on KY Highway 80 from Bernstadt to London and on KY Highway 192 from Hightop to In |
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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KJKL 041846 TORJKL KYC125-199-041945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...BASEBALL TO SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL LIKELY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 244 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PULASKI COUNTY LAUREL COUNTY * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 244 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER SHOPVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF SOMERSET...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL. 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. 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. LAT...LON 3721 8452 3704 8d460 3683 8406 3706 8394 $$ 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, 1:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 51 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 |
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.