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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, KY

February 22, 2003Letcher County, Pike County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 22, 2003, 6:24 PM EST for Letcher County, Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 51 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
Feb 22, 2003, 6:24 PM EST (23:24 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2003, 7:15 PM EST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Letcher County, KY, Pike County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 22, 4:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 264 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 2003-02-22Temperature 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 2003-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 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 
WFUS53 KJKL 222324 CCA
TORJKL
KYC133-195-230015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED EXPIRATION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
622 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PIKE COUNTY.
  LETCHER COUNTY.

* UNTIL 715 PM EST.

* AT 622 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  A LIKELY TORNADO NEAR WRIGHT...OR 7 MILES EAST OF WHITESBURG...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ADAMSON AROUND 630 PM EST.
  LOOKOUT AROUND 635 PM EST.
  BELCHER AROUND 640 PM EST.
  MOUTHCARD AROUND 645 PM EST.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST
SATURDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3718 8285 3704 8272 3741 8200 3759 8216

$$
PELTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 7:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLetcher4 hr
Feb 22, 8:53 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLHarlan3 hr
Feb 22, 3:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRockcastle36 min
Feb 22, 3:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWhitley42 min
Feb 22, 3:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Owsley32 min
Feb 22, 3:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnox36 min
Feb 22, 4:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt25 min
Feb 22, 4:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay49 min
Feb 22, 4:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Perry46 min
Feb 22, 5:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay30 min
Feb 22, 5:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLeslie36 min
Feb 22, 5:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson34 min
Feb 22, 5:20 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay, Leslie3 hr
Feb 22, 5:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin35 min
Feb 22, 5:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnott41 min
Feb 22, 5:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson30 min
Feb 22, 5:58 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLFloyd, Martin3 hr
Feb 22, 5:58 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLMartin32 min
Feb 22, 6:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLetcher, Pike57 min
Feb 22, 6:22 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLLetcher, Pike53 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.