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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY

March 18, 2004Rowan County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2004, 6:38 PM EST for Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 22 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
Mar 18, 2004, 6:38 PM EST (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 2004, 7:00 PM EST
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2004-03-18Temperature 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 2004-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
91 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 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 182338
TORJKL
KYC205-190000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
636 PM EST THU MAR 18 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ROWAN COUNTY

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 636 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST 
  OF WALTZ...OR 13 MILES EAST OF FLEMINGSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
  RADAR ALSO INDICATED POSSIBLE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS FROM 
  THIS STORM.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HALDEMAN AROUND 645 PM EST.
  VALE AROUND 650 PM EST.
  FARLEY AROUND 655 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.

LAT...LON 3826 8333 3818 8323 3813 8325 3803 8347
          3810 8346 3811 8353 3819 8364 3824 8353
          3839 8337

$$
HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 6:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming41 min
Mar 18, 6:26 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLFleming34 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.