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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV

May 10, 2003Greenup County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2003, 5:41 PM EDT for Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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 10, 2003, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2003, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greenup County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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
May 10, 1:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2003-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 149 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2003-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

635 
WFUS51 KRLX 102141
TORRLX
KYC089-102215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
538 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

* AT 534 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES EAST OF CAMP DIX...OR ABOUT
  11 MILES NORTH OF CARTER CAVES STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOS.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE GREENUP...LOAD AND
  OLDTOWN.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3851 8316 3862 8308 3859 8286 3851 8268
          3840 8282 3843 8302

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 6:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoyd35 min
May 10, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGreenup40 min
May 10, 6:14 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXGreenup31 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.