Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2002, 9:30 PM EDT for Harlan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
- May 1, 2002, 9:30 PM EDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2002, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Harlan County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:50 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Harlan, KY | Golfball size hail caused damage to some vehicles. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 292 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1044 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KJKL 020130 TORJKL KYC095-020215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 930 PM EDT WED MAY 1 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HARLAN COUNTY * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT * AT 930 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A LIKELY TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALLINS CREEK...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARLAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BAXTER AROUND 940 PM EDT HARLAN AROUND 945 PM EDT EVARTS AROUND 950 PM EDT BLACK MOUNTAIN AROUND 955 PM EDT 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3702 8353 3686 8363 3654 8288 3676 8275 HEINLEIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rockcastle | 48 min |
| May 1, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel | 51 min |
| May 1, 8:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel | 32 min |
| May 1, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson | 46 min |
| May 1, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 43 min |
| May 1, 8:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Rockcastle | 6 hr |
| May 1, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox | 50 min |
| May 1, 9:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Knox | 38 min |
| May 1, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan, Leslie | 48 min |
| May 1, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell | 30 min |
| May 1, 9:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay | 32 min |
| May 1, 9:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson | 5 hr |
| May 1, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Montgomery | 48 min |
| May 1, 11:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Menifee | 4 hr |
| May 2, 12:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin | 16 hr |
| May 2, 10:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill | 66 min |
| May 2, 11:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee | 42 min |
| May 2, 11:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 49 min |
| May 2, 11:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wolfe | 30 min |
| May 2, 11:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe | 4 hr |
| May 2, 11:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Lee | 4 hr |
| May 2, 12:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin | 4 hr |
| May 2, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 49 min |
| May 2, 12:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 4 hr |
| May 2, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie | 29 min |
| May 2, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Perry | 38 min |
| May 2, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 35 min |
| May 2, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 47 min |
| May 2, 1:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Laurel, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| May 2, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 36 min |
| May 2, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary | 34 min |
| May 2, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher | 45 min |
| May 2, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Whitley | 40 min |
| May 2, 2:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knott, Letcher | 3 hr |
| May 2, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel | 47 min |
| May 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Owsley | 4 hr |
| May 2, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 40 min |
| May 2, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd | 27 min |
| May 2, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Owsley | 32 min |
| May 2, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 45 min |
| May 2, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Perry | 36 min |
| May 2, 3:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 4 hr |
| May 2, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott | 41 min |
| May 2, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 28 min |
| May 2, 6:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 4 hr |
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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.