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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jackson, KY

July 8, 2001Magoffin County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2001, 2:18 PM EDT for Magoffin 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
Jul 8, 2001, 2:18 PM EDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2001, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Magoffin County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 2:26 PM EDTTornado F0Salyersville, KYNumerous reports of a tornado were received. Emergency management reported that the tornado scrapped the ridgetops as it traveled to the southeast. No damage was reported.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2001-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3052 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2001-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3052 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
9.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KJKL 081818
TORJKL

KYC153-081900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
218 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MAGOFFIN COUNTY

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 218 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER SALYERSVILLE...OR
  ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALYERSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER SALYERSVILLE AT 225 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.

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 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3788 8309 3778 8324 3763 8311 3758 8300
          3753 8300 3749 8293 3753 8289 3758 8291
          3765 8291 3782 8299
h
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 1:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott52 min
Jul 8, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming61 min
Jul 8, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRowan39 min
Jul 8, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMorgan51 min
Jul 8, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMagoffin40 min
Jul 8, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Rowan52 min
Jul 8, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee51 min
Jul 8, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMontgomery32 min
Jul 8, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWolfe49 min
Jul 8, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt44 min
Jul 8, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPowell44 min
Jul 8, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMorgan44 min
Jul 8, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Lee43 min
Jul 8, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLOwsley52 min
Jul 8, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Leslie38 min
Jul 8, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan42 min
Jul 8, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill49 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.