Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2002, 8:31 PM EDT for Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 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 5, 2002, 8:31 PM EDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2002, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greenup County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:45 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Lloyd, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1119 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KRLX 060031 SVRRLX KYC089-060115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 831 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 915 PM EDT... * AT 827 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL GREENUP COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. --CALL TO ACTION--IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. --CALL TO ACTION--INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES AND POWER POLES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. $$ LAT...LON 3863 8314 3846 8304 3845 8281 3873 8289
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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.