Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2002, 5:59 PM EST for Estill County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 29, 2002, 5:59 PM EST (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2002, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Estill County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 6:05 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Irvine, KY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 4:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KJKL 292259
TORJKL
KYC065-292345-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
558 PM EST FRI MAR 29 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ESTILL COUNTY
* UNTIL 645 PM EST
* AT 558 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF
BLACKBURN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICHMOND...MOVING EAST AT
55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
WISEMANTOWN AROUND 605 PM EST
COW CREEK AROUND 610 PM EST
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.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL.
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 900 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3767 8410 3778 8411 3778 8396 3776 8389
3777 8379 3760 8395 3759 8409
HEINLEINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill | 56 min |
| Mar 29, 6:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 45 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.