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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Jackson, KY

June 2, 2002Laurel County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2002, 8:44 PM EDT for Laurel County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2002, 8:44 PM EDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2002, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Laurel County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 247 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2434 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1319 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 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.

365 
WFUS53 KJKL 030044
TORJKL
KYC125-030130-


BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
843 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAUREL COUNTY.

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.

* AT 843 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  A LIKELY TORNADO OVER SUBLIMITY CITY...OR OVER LONDON...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FARISTON AROUND 850 PM EDT.
  KEAVY AROUND 855 PM EDT.
  LILY AROUND 900 PM EDT.
  LIDA AROUND 905 PM EDT.
  MCHARGUE AROUND 910 PM EDT.

SHERIFFS DEPUITES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEEING
FUNNEL CLOUDS JUST SOUTH OF LONDON.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE
IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

OVERPASSES OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION FROM TORNADOES. SEEK SHELTER IN A
LOW SPOT...CULVERT OR DITCH. THE BEST PROTECTION IS IN A BASEMENT OR
INTERIOR ROOM OF A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE.

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.

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.