Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2003, 4:51 PM EDT for Laurel County, McCreary County, Whitley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2003, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2003, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Laurel County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 1671 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KJKL 102051 CCA
SVRJKL
KYC125-147-235-102145-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
448 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LAUREL COUNTY.
WHITLEY COUNTY.
MCCREARY COUNTY.
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 448 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
2 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKCASTLE SPRINGS TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF
CUMBERLAND FALLS STATE RESORT PARK...OR FROM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LONDON TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITLEY CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
BUNCH AROUND 455 PM EDT.
BARK CAMP AROUND 500 PM EDT.
YOUNGS CREEK AROUND 505 PM EDT.
BERNSTADT AROUND 510 PM EDT.
RYE AROUND 515 PM EDT.
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3697 8440 3668 8447 3685 8424 3709 8389
3725 8409
$$
JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Wolfe | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Whitley | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin | 9 min |
| Jul 10, 5:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Whitley | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 24 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.