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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Jackson, KY

June 4, 2002Laurel County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2002, 6:57 PM EDT for Laurel County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 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 4, 2002, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2002, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Laurel County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 4, 7:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Hopewell, KY	Trees were down.
Jun 4, 7:15 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	North Corbin, KY	Three quarter inch hail was reported at exit 29 on Interstate 75.

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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 252 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: 1566 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 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.

000 
WFUS53 KJKL 042257
TORJKL
KYC125-042330-


BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
657 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAUREL COUNTY

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 657 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  A LIKELY TORNADO OVER LILY...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF LONDON...MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LEVI JACKSON WILDERNESS ROAD STATE PARK AROUND 705 PM EDT
  LESBAS AROUND 710 PM EDT
  TUTTLE AROUND 715 PM EDT
  LIDA AROUND 720 PM EDT
  LAKE AROUND 725 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.

LAT...LON 3697 8408 3696 8415 3710 8420 3717 8398
          3711 8393 3711 8389 3709 8388 3699 8396

HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	39 min
Jun 4, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel	22 min
Jun 4, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Whitley	31 min
Jun 4, 7:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Laurel	29 min
Jun 4, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay	34 min
Jun 4, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	35 min
Jun 4, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox	37 min

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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.