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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Jackson, KY

May 5, 2003Owsley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2003, 11:25 AM EDT for Owsley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 65 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
May 5, 2003, 11:25 AM EDT (15:25 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2003, 12:30 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Owsley County, KY

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 8:35 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 223 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 706 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
706 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1070 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KJKL 051525
SVRJKL
KYC189-051630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1124 AM EDT MON MAY 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OWSLEY COUNTY

* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT

* AT 1124 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
  FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILD DOG TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILD
  DOG...OR FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEATTYVILLE TO 3 MILES SOUTH 
  OF MCKEE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GRASSY AROUND 1130 AM EDT.
  MAJOR AROUND 1135 AM EDT.
  SOUTHFORK AROUND 1140 AM EDT.
  SEBASTIANS BRANCH AROUND 1145 AM EDT.
  LUCKY FORK AROUND 1150 AM EDT.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3732 8359 3737 8367 3736 8378 3750 8388
          3749 8376 3751 8374 3750 8371 3753 8366
          3750 8358 3733 8355

$$

HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 9:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Montgomery, Powell54 min
May 5, 9:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Menifee, Powell68 min
May 5, 10:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMorgan, Wolfe55 min
May 5, 10:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee60 min
May 5, 10:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson57 min
May 5, 11:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWolfe30 min
May 5, 11:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt59 min
May 5, 12:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPerry43 min
May 5, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath49 min
May 5, 2:52 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Jackson38 min
May 5, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee, Owsley23 min
May 5, 3:38 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLee, Owsley37 min
May 5, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski29 min
May 5, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski34 min
May 5, 5:16 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLaurel, Pulaski44 min
May 5, 6:05 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay, Laurel40 min
May 5, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming48 min
May 5, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRowan48 min
May 5, 7:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLFleming, Rowan117 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.