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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY

May 30, 2004Leslie County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 4:38 PM EDT for Leslie 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 30, 2004, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Leslie County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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 30, 2:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 275 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 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

120 
WFUS53 KJKL 302038
TORJKL
KYC131-302115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
439 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY
HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.

* AT 439 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  A LIKELY TORNADO OVER WARBRANCH...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  HARLAN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CHAPPELL AROUND 445 PM EDT.
  NAPIER AROUND 450 PM EDT.
  BIG FORK AROUND 455 PM EDT.
  BIG ROCK AROUND 500 PM EDT.

FOR YOUR SAFETY MOVE TO A BASEMENT AND GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY. IF
NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH
AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3697 8351 3706 8351 3705 8338 3705 8319
          3702 8319 3701 8323 3697 8327 3693 8339
          3689 8341 3689 8348

$$

HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 12:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt22 min
May 30, 1:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt3 hr
May 30, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnott, Letcher, Perry51 min
May 30, 1:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPerry3 hr
May 30, 1:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLKnott3 hr
May 30, 2:02 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay28 min
May 30, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLeslie35 min
May 30, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan49 min
May 30, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson47 min
May 30, 3:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLeslie, Letcher3 hr
May 30, 3:14 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLJackson31 min
May 30, 3:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLHarlan4 hr
May 30, 3:39 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay36 min
May 30, 3:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay4 hr
May 30, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay25 min
May 30, 4:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLKnott, Perry4 hr
May 30, 4:49 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLHarlan41 min
May 30, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan17 min
May 30, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill41 min
May 30, 6:22 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLeslie23 min
May 30, 6:26 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLJackson49 min
May 30, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPowell42 min
May 30, 6:39 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Powell51 min
May 30, 6:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLEstill, Montgomery, Powell4 hr
May 30, 7:31 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPowell44 min
May 30, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMontgomery51 min
May 30, 7:49 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLEstill41 min
May 30, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWolfe34 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.