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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Jackson, KY

June 2, 2002Clay County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2002, 6:18 PM EDT for Clay County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2002, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2002, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clay County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 6:22 PM EDTHail 0.75Manchester, KY
Jun 2, 6:27 PM EDTHail 1Manchester, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 259 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 2002-06-02Temperature 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°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 2002-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 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
1309 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
283 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.

735 
WUUS53 KJKL 022218
SVRJKL
KYC051-022245-


BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
616 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY.

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.

* AT 616 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
  SIDELL...OR OVER MANCHESTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GARRARD AROUND 625 PM EDT
  BOHO AND MANCHESTER AROUND 630 PM EDT
  GOOSE ROCK AROUND 635 PM EDT
  LIPPS AROUND 640 PM EDT
  ICE CLIFF AROUND 645 PM EDT

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH WIND
GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE JACKSON WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3728 8380 3716 8356 3711 8354 3709 8356
          3707 8354 3705 8355 3702 8352 3695 8352
          3697 8364 3713 8392

PELTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 1:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill44 min
Jun 2, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt47 min
Jun 2, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee, Wolfe61 min
Jun 2, 2:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLEstill, Lee3 hr
Jun 2, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Jackson57 min
Jun 2, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd64 min
Jun 2, 3:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLJackson3 hr
Jun 2, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Magoffin71 min
Jun 2, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson57 min
Jun 2, 5:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLEstill, Lee4 hr
Jun 2, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson60 min
Jun 2, 6:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLJackson4 hr
Jun 2, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRockcastle44 min
Jun 2, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski, Wayne25 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.