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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Jackson, KY

May 30, 2004Magoffin County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2004, 8:16 PM EDT for Magoffin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2004, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2004, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Magoffin County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 30, 8:30 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Maggard, KY	ROUTE 1081 IN NORTHERN PART OF COUNTY.
May 30, 8:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 W Salyersville, KY	TREES DOWN. ONE IS BLOCKING ONE LANE OF ROUTE 2019.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 29 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 30, 2:40 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 778 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 316 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 399 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 9.6

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The text

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

208 
WUUS53 KJKL 310016
SVRJKL
KYC153-310100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
816 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY
HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN KENTUCKY.

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

* AT 816 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST
  OF NETTY...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF WEST LIBERTY...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BETHANNA AROUND 825 PM EDT.
  PATTON AROUND 830 PM EDT.
  MAGGARD AROUND 835 PM EDT.
  LICKSBURG AROUND 840 PM EDT.
  BROWNLOW AROUND 845 PM EDT.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 75 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.

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

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3787 8307 3789 8304 3778 8296 3770 8295
          3769 8326 3775 8324 3777 8327 3786 8313
          3791 8312

$$

HEINLEIN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 30, 4:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 4:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
431 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004

.DISCUSSION...

ADDED TORNADO WATCH AND FLOOD WATCH

FRONT ON THE WAY TONIGHT...PLENTY OF ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH WARM
WHICH WILL PROCEED COLD FRONT WORKING IN FROM THE WEST LATE
TONIGHT/EARLY MORNING. PLENTY OF SPIN IN THE ATMOSPHERE...LATEST VWP
SHOWS MORE THAN 90 DEGREES OF VEERING IN THE LOWEST 4KFT. MADE ONLY
SMALL CHANGED TO TEMPS...AND STAYED PRETTY CLOSE TO GUIDANCE.
ADJUSTED POPS FOR NEW TIMING OF FRONT...AND USED CAT POPS BOTH
TONIGHT...AND EARLY TOMORROW. SHOULD BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT FAIRLY
QUICKLY BEHIND FRONT...WITH SCATTERED SKIES BY THE CONCLUSION OF THE
AFTERNOON. NO VERY SHARP FOCUS CURRENTLY FOR ACTIVITY...AND THUS HAS
BEEN ERRATIC AT BEST...WITH ROTATION IN NUMEROUS STORMS. COLD FRONT
WILL PROVIDE MORE FOCUS AS IT COME THROUGH...AND WILL PROBABLY
RESULT IN MORE BOWS/LINES...WITH CONTINUED ISOLATED SEVERE AND
SUPERCELLS OUT AHEAD.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...

628 AM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004

CURRENTLY HAVE WARM FRONT LIFTING ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
CWA. MCC FORMED ALONG THE FRONT AND HAS EXPANDED IN COVERAGE TOWARDS
EASTERN KENTUCKY DURING THE OVERNIGHT. WHILE IR SAT SHOWS CLOUD TOPS
HAVE BEEN WARMING OVER THE PAST FEW SCANS...WILL HAVE TO WATCH OUT
FOR TRAINING CELLS. SOME OF THE STRONGER ONES HAVE BEEN PUTTING DOWN
RAINFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF PER HOUR. IN CONJUNCTION
WITH WARM FRONT...A S/W IS LIFTING OUT OF THE TENN VALLEY THIS
MORNING. ANOTHER COMPLEX HAS DEVELOPED IN SOUTHERN TENN...BUT IS
SLIDING MORE EAST. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE
FIRING IN WARM SECTOR AIRMASS IN RESPONSE TO S/W. EXPECT THE
ACTIVITY TO DIE DOWN IN THE AFTERNOON AS FORCING MECHANISMS RELAX.
MODELS HAVE TRENDED FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWER TONIGHT...AND HAVE KEPT
BEST POPS FOR MOST OF THE AREA UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEVERE THREAT
STILL LOOKS POSSIBLE...HOWEVER WITH SLOWER TIMING...LINE OF STORMS
WILL HAVE TO PUSH A LONG WAY AND MAINTAIN. WITH LOTS OF CLOUD COVER
OUT THERE...INSTABILITY WILL BE A LIMITING FACTOR. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS ARE COMING IN MORE WET ADIABATIC. STILL HEALTHY WIND
PROFILE COULD MAKE UP FOR THIS. IT APPEARS THAT DAMAGING WIND WOULD
BE THE STRONGER THREAT...ESPECIALLY WITH WETBULBS OF 13K ADVERTISED
BY FORECAST SOUNDINGS...WHICH WOULD REQUIRE QUITE A TALL CORE FROM A
STORM. VEERING PROFILE AND PROGGED 0-3 KM HELICITIES IN THE 200-250
RANGE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING MAKE ISOLATED TORNADOES A CONTINUED
POSSIBILITY. WITH LESS OF A THREAT PREDICTED BY SPC...HAVE CONTINUED
WITH STRONG STORM WORDING IN THE ZONES AND SAVED THE SEVERE DETAILS
FOR THE HWO. FLASH FLOODING STILL LOOKS LIKE A CONCERN WITH SOME
TRAINING CELLS. GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW A BULLSEYE OF UPPER LEVEL
DIVERGENCE AND CORRESPONDINGLY PRODUCES HIGHLY ELEVATED AMOUNTS OF
QPF. LIKE THE TAKE ON THE ETA BETTER...AS SOME DIGGING INTO THE GFS
MID AND UPPER LEVEL PATTERN REVEALS SOME QUESTIONABLE OUTCOMES.
FRONT PUSHES THROUGH MONDAY...HOWEVER WITH AFOREMENTIONED SLOWER
TIMING...MADE SOME POP ADJUSTMENTS...HOLDING ONTO CATEGORICAL AT
LEAST FOR A FEW HOURS ON MONDAY MORNING. CHANGED VERY LITTLE OF THE
REMAINING FORECAST PACKAGE FROM 00Z TUESDAY ONWARD.

951 PM EDT SAT MAY 29 2004

FORECAST ON TRACK THIS EVENING.  WITH WARM FRONT PUSHING NORTH FROM
TN WILL EXPECT MILDER TEMPS IN THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES AND THE
EARLIEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ONLY AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM.  TO
THE NORTHEAST...EXPECT PRECIP MORE TOWARDS MORNING AND WITH WARM
FRONT JUST ARRIVING...TEMPS STILL EXPECTED TO SPLIT SOME.
UPDATE OUT SHORTLY.

&&

.JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES....
TORNADO WATCH FOR ENTIRE CWA THROUGH 8 PM TONIGHT WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF PIKE COUNTY...FLOOD WATCH FOR ENTIRE CWA THROUGH NOON MONDAY.

&&

PIEPER

Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 5:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
537 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>119-311200-
BATH KY-BELL KY-BREATHITT KY-CLAY KY-ELLIOTT KY-ESTILL KY-FLEMING KY-
FLOYD KY-HARLAN KY-JACKSON KY-JOHNSON KY-KNOTT KY-KNOX KY-LAUREL KY-
LEE KY-LESLIE KY-LETCHER KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MARTIN KY-MCCREARY KY-
MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-MORGAN KY-OWSLEY KY-PERRY KY-POWELL KY-
PULASKI KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-ROWAN KY-WAYNE KY-WHITLEY KY-WOLFE KY-
537 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004

...TORNADO WATCH THROUGH 8 PM TONIGHT...
...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

LIFT ALONG A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE WEST... AND
CONTINUED DESTABILIZATION...COMBINED WITH THE PATTERN OF WINDS ALOFT
REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADOES WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. IN ADDITION...THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING
WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND LARGE HAIL EXISTS THROUGH THE NIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THE MORNING HOURS MONDAY IN
CONJUNCTION WITH A COLD FRONT PASSAGE. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVITY...
INCLUDING FUNNEL CLOUDS...TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
...AND HIGH WATER DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

KYZ120-311200-
PIKE KY-
537 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004

...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

LIFT ALONG A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE WEST...WILL
KEEP THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT.
THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL EXISTS IN ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TONIGHT...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES
AND HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THE MORNING HOURS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH A COLD FRONT PASSAGE. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVITY...
INCLUDING FUNNEL CLOUDS...TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
...AND HIGH WATER DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

PIEPER

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 6:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
604 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0405 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HAZARD                  37.25N 83.20W
05/30/2004                   PERRY              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HWY 1088 AT LOTTS CREEK UNDER WATER AND CLOSED. REPORTED
            BY HAZARD STATE POLICE.

&&

KO

Local storm report, May 30, 6:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
606 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0420 PM     FLASH FLOOD      VICCO                   37.22N 83.06W
05/30/2004                   PERRY              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 15 AT VICCO HAS AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF WATER
            FLOWING OVER ROAD. WATER COMING OFF MOUNTAINSIDE AND
            FLOWING OVER ROAD. REPORTED BY HAZARD STATE POLICE.

&&

KO

Local storm report, May 30, 7:18 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
718 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     HAIL             1 W TOTZ                36.94N 83.14W
05/30/2004  1.25 INCH        HARLAN             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KO

Local storm report, May 30, 7:22 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
722 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0420 PM     FLASH FLOOD      JEREMIAH                37.17N 82.93W
05/30/2004                   LETCHER            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STREAM-NORTH FORK OF THE KY-IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND UP TO
            HWY 75 AT JERIMIAH. PONDING OF WATER OVER MANY ROADS
            COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED BY HAZARD STATE POLICE.

&&

KO

Local storm report, May 30, 7:38 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
738 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0203 PM     FLASH FLOOD      OAKDALE                 37.55N 83.51W
05/30/2004                   BREATHITT          KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HWY 52E AT OAKDALE IS IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.
            REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

&&

KO

Local storm report, May 30, 8:14 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
814 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0740 PM     FLASH FLOOD      STANTON                 37.85N 83.86W
05/30/2004                   POWELL             KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF FLOWING WATER OVER HWY 11/15 IN
            STANTON.

&&

KO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Morgan	45 min
May 30, 8:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Powell	36 min
May 30, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Lee	42 min
May 30, 8:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Menifee, Morgan	4 hr
May 30, 8:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Wolfe	38 min
May 30, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt	50 min
May 30, 8:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Estill	38 min
May 30, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd	48 min
May 30, 8:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Johnson	39 min
May 30, 8:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin, Wolfe	4 hr
May 30, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Lee	47 min
May 30, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt	50 min
May 30, 9:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Magoffin	48 min
May 30, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill	43 min
May 30, 9:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Powell, Wolfe	40 min
May 30, 9:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Johnson	83 min
May 30, 9:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Johnson	6 hr
May 30, 9:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson	51 min
May 30, 9:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt	24 min
May 30, 9:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Floyd	6 hr
May 30, 9:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Knott	48 min
May 30, 9:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Powell	47 min
May 30, 10:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill	30 min
May 30, 10:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd	44 min
May 30, 10:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Floyd	36 min
May 30, 10:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bath	6 hr
May 30, 10:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Menifee	45 min
May 30, 10:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Estill, Montgomery, Powell	6 hr
May 30, 10:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Pike	52 min
May 30, 11:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt	44 min
May 30, 11:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Pike	6 hr
May 30, 11:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Magoffin	41 min
May 30, 11:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Martin	6 hr
May 30, 11:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd	49 min
May 30, 11:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt	46 min
May 31, 12:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe	6 hr
May 31, 12:11 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Pike	49 min
May 31, 12:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Wayne	66 min
May 31, 12:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	60 min
May 31, 12:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd	41 min
May 31, 12:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more	66 min
May 31, 12:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more	63 min
May 31, 1:03 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Pike	42 min
May 31, 1:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary	54 min
May 31, 1:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Rowan	67 min
May 31, 1:27 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bath	33 min
May 31, 1:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott	42 min
May 31, 1:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Lee, Menifee, Owsley, Whitley and 1 more	66 min
May 31, 1:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Morgan, Perry	52 min
May 31, 1:55 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Elliott, Rowan	65 min
May 31, 2:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Leslie, Magoffin	53 min
May 31, 2:10 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Morgan, Wolfe	35 min
May 31, 2:13 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt	62 min
May 31, 2:20 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox	40 min
May 31, 2:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott	64 min
May 31, 2:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott	63 min
May 31, 2:35 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Clay	3 hr
May 31, 2:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Letcher, Pike	56 min
May 31, 2:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Martin	66 min
May 31, 2:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Letcher, Pike	50 min
May 31, 2:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Martin	65 min
May 31, 2:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Letcher, Pike	49 min
May 31, 3:00 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson	4 hr
May 31, 3:01 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Johnson	29 min
May 31, 3:02 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Johnson	28 min
May 31, 3:05 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Floyd, Pike	55 min
May 31, 3:14 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Harlan, Letcher	6 hr
May 31, 4:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Letcher and 6 more	6 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.