Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Apr 28, 2002, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)

Expired

Apr 28, 2002, 4:25 PM EDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lee County, KY

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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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WUUS53 KJKL 281952
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KYC129-282025-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
351 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LEE COUNTY

* UNTIL 425 PM EDT

* AT 351 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
  PINNACLE...OR  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IRVINE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BEATTYVILLE AROUND 400 PM EDT
  ST. HELENS AROUND 405 PM EDT
  CANYON FALLS AROUND 410 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE 
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND CLOUD TO 
GROUND LIGHTNING.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON 
FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. 

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

LAT...LON 3764 8392 3750 8400 3753 8354 3771 8360

HAL

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 28, 3:36 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
430 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

ROUND TWO OF THE SQUALL LINES HAVE PASSED THRU AND WE ARE IN THE
LULL JUST PRIOR TO FNTL PASSAGE. AT 19Z FNT EXTENDED FROM PIT TO PKB
TO HOP TO LIT. HAVE NOT HAD MUCH CHANCE TO LOOK AT MODELS OR READ
DISCUSSIONS. ALTHOUGH THE PMD SUGGESTS AN AVN/ETA COMPROMISE IS BEST
FOR NOW. IN ANY CASE THE NEAR TERM LOOKS DRY WITH ANOTHER ROUND DUE
IN ON TUE. CURRENT FCST HAS THIS COVERED AND HAVE ADDED DAY 7. WX
ALSO LOOKS DRY FROM EARLY FRI THRU THE WEEKEND.

WILL ISSUE EVENING PACKAGE WITH THE EXPIRATION OF THE TOR WATCH AND
THE FLOOD WATCH.  WILL CANCEL THE WIND ADVISORY WITH THE ISSUANCE.
NO CHAT TODAY DUE TO SVR.

GOT TO GO.

.JKL...NONE

DUSTY

In the hours before

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-290000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1019 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING FOR MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER...THE GREATEST RISK WILL BE
GENERALLY NORTH OF THE DANIEL BOONE PARKWAY AND ROUTE 80.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST. MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIR WILL FUEL THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. HOWEVER...STRONG AND VEERING
WINDS ALOFT WILL ALSO BE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE MID AFTERNOON IN NORTHERN AREAS AROUND MOUNT
STERLING...FLEMINGSBURG...AND MOREHEAD. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL
TRANSITION SOUTHEAST TO AREAS NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER BY EARLY
THIS EVENING.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR
UPDATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. SKYWARN
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE WEATHER SITUATION
AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER.

HAL

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.