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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Jackson, KY

November 10, 2002Bell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 7:33 PM EST for Bell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Nov 10, 2002, 7:33 PM EST (00:33 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2002, 8:00 PM EST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Bell County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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
Nov 10, 7:40 PM EST	Hail 1.75	Middlesboro, 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
Nov 10, 5:50 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 270 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: 1368 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 490 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 560 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 15.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

094 
WFUS53 KJKL 110033
TORJKL
KYC013-110100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
732 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BELL COUNTY.

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 732 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  A LIKELY TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF NOETOWN...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  MIDDLESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HUTCH AND MIDDLESBORO AROUND 740 PM EST.
  CUBAGE AROUND 745 PM EST.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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.

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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST SUNDAY 
EVENING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3659 8375 3659 8389 3676 8350 3668 8347
          3663 8366 3659 8370

PELTON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 7:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Lee	44 min
Nov 10, 7:04 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Laurel, Rockcastle	41 min
Nov 10, 7:11 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt	34 min
Nov 10, 7:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox	33 min
Nov 10, 7:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson	32 min
Nov 10, 7:26 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Knox	34 min
Nov 10, 7:33 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell	27 min
Nov 10, 7:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Owsley	33 min
Nov 10, 7:48 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Leslie	32 min
Nov 10, 8:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming	40 min
Nov 10, 8:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rockcastle	35 min
Nov 10, 9:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	32 min
Nov 10, 9:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Menifee	32 min
Nov 10, 9:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill	29 min
Nov 10, 9:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Lee	36 min
Nov 10, 9:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Morgan, Rowan	36 min
Nov 10, 9:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rockcastle	32 min
Nov 10, 9:48 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Wolfe	27 min
Nov 10, 9:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel	40 min
Nov 10, 9:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Morgan	34 min
Nov 10, 10:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay	25 min
Nov 10, 10:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Johnson	30 min
Nov 10, 10:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell	39 min
Nov 10, 10:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan	46 min
Nov 10, 10:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan	46 min
Nov 10, 11:59 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bell	4 hr
Nov 11, 12:10 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Harlan	4 hr

Nearby

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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.