Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2002, 7:56 PM EDT for Boyd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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
- Jun 1, 2002, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2002, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boyd County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:08 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Ashland, 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KRLX 012356 SVRRLX KYC019-020030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 756 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BOYD COUNTY IN KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT... * AT 755 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF WESTWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONSIN THE PATH ARE MAVITY AND BOLTSFORK PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 1, 3:39 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:39 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 335 PM EDT SAT JUNE 1 2002 SHORT RANGE TONIGHT-MON NIGHT... SEVERE WX MOVED THROUGH WAYNE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. REPORTS OF HAIL...MARBLE AND DIME SIZE. ALSO HEAVY RAIN. RADAR ESTIMATES GIVING ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN. OF COURSE SOME OF THIS IS PROBABLY HAIL CONTAMINATED. OTHER THAN THAT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER SAME AREA. TAKING A LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ACROSS THIS AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST IN SOUTHERN AREA...LEAVING THE NORTH DRY THIS AFTERNOON. LOOKING FOR THE SAME OLD STORY FOR THE SHORT TERM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PLAYED A BIT WITH TIMING..BUT NOT TOO MANY CHANGES COMPARED TO PREVIOUS ISSUANCE. EXTENDED RANGE (TUES-SATURDAY)... WARM SECTOR MODE WITH DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. WENT WITH IDEA OF FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY AND IN THE AREA THURS-SAT. ADDED POPS ACCORDINGLY FRI-SAT PER ISC. NOT FAR FROM NUMBERS ON TEMPS OR POPS. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END / KS + TRM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 1, 3:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
315 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0305 PM WILLIAMSTOWN WV .75 INCH HAIL
06/01/02 MINGOSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 5:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
VAZ004-012315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 523 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2002 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS BUCHANAN COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALREADY ARE APPROACHING ONE INCH OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS. PEA SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WINDS GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE ALL POSSIBLE THROUGH 630 PM. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. MORE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WILL MOVE ACROSS BUCHANAN COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...HENCE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RISING WATER...ESPECIALLY IN CREEKS AND STREAMS WHICH HAVE DEBRIS IN THEM. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION TO SEE IF ANY WARNINGS ARE NEEDED. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THINGS CEASE. .END/
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.