Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Jul 2, 2002, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)

Expired

Jul 2, 2002, 3:15 PM EDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Laurel County, KY

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
208 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAUREL COUNTY

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 208 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOOD
  CREEK LAKE...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONDON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BERNSTADT AROUND 215 PM EDT.
  PITTSBURG AROUND 220 PM EDT.
  LONDON AROUND 230 PM EDT.
  LONDON-CORBIN AIRPORT AROUND 235 PM EDT.
  FARISTON AROUND 240 PM EDT.

STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND INTENSE RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

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.

LAT...LON 3730 8415 3708 8389 3698 8397 3697 8414
          3714 8430 3723 8427 3727 8423

GREIF

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 2, 9:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
950 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002

13Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE OVER EAST KENTUCKY
WITH DEWPOINTS UP IN THE STEAMY LOWER 70S. LITTLE SYNOPTICLY TO
KEY IN ON FOR AFTERNOON ACTIVITY...MORNING SOUNDINGS INDICATE A
DECENT CAP AT 700 MBS HOLDING BACK THE POTENT LIS TO MINUS 8 AND
CAPES ABOVE 3000 J/KG. SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY WITH PERHAPS
THE HIGH TERRAIN A BIT MORE PRONE. THE FORECAST HAS THIS IN HAND...
WILL UPDATE MAINLY TO REMOVE MENTION OF MORNING FOG. UPDATE OUT
SHORTLY.

.JKL...NONE.

GREIF

In the hours before

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
129 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS A SMALL RISK
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORM OF WET MICROBURSTS OVER MUCH OF
KENTUCKY. THESE ARE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING A LARGE AMOUNT OF RAIN
THAT ALSO ARE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
THE THREAT EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

RESIDENTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE
NECESSARY LATER TODAY.

GREIF

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.