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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY

May 5, 2003Clay County, Laurel County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2003, 6:05 PM EDT for Clay County, Laurel County, Kentucky. It was in force for 40 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, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2003, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, KY, Laurel 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 265 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.

713 
WFUS53 KJKL 052205
TORJKL
KYC051-125-052245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAUREL COUNTY.
  CLAY COUNTY.

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 604 PM EDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO      
  NEAR LIDA...OR 7 MILES EAST OF LONDON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BUSH AROUND 610 PM EDT.
  HOUSE AROUND 615 PM EDT.
  BLUEHOLE AROUND 620 PM EDT.
  BOTTO AROUND 625 PM EDT.
  PLANK AROUND 630 PM EDT.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MANCHESTER...ADD...ASHERS
  FORK AND BIG CREEK.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE
IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

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 3697 8360 3698 8368 3703 8376 3705 8389
          3701 8395 3701 8404 3718 8403 3719 8354
          3710 8354 3709 8356 3707 8354 3705 8355
          3702 8352 3697 8352

$$

PELTON

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, 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, 6:12 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.