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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Jackson, KY

May 5, 2003Lee County, Owsley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2003, 3:38 PM EDT for Lee County, Owsley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 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, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2003, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lee County, KY, 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, 1:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.

562 
WFUS53 KJKL 051938
TORJKL
KYC129-189-052015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
338 PM EDT MON MAY 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LEE COUNTY
  OWSLEY COUNTY

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 338 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  A LIKELY TORNADO NEAR EARNESTVILLE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  MCKEE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PEBWORTH AROUND 345 PM EDT.
  LEVI AROUND 350 PM EDT.
  BOONEVILLE AROUND 355 PM EDT.
  LEROSE AROUND 400 PM EDT.
  ARNETT AROUND 405 PM EDT.

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 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3761 8392 3743 8396 3736 8354 3757 8356

$$

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, 11:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLOwsley65 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, 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

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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.