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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Jackson, KY

May 31, 2004Breathitt County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2004, 2:13 AM EDT for Breathitt County, Kentucky. It was in force for 62 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 31, 2004, 2:13 AM EDT (06:13 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2004, 3:15 AM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Breathitt County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 2:20 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGJackson, KYTREES DOWN AROUND PANBOWL LAKE.
May 31, 2:35 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Se Lost Creek, KYTREES DOWN.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 9:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 778 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 316 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
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.

112 
WFUS53 KJKL 310613
TORJKL
KYC025-310715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
213 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY
HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 AM EDT.

* AT 213 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  A LIKELY TORNADO NEAR MORRIS FORK...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  BOONEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WHICK AROUND 220 AM EDT.
  WATTS AROUND 225 AM EDT.
  HARDSHELL AROUND 230 AM EDT.
  NOBLE AROUND 235 AM 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 3747 8354 3760 8349 3764 8337 3761 8323
          3749 8312 3746 8314 3742 8327 3739 8341
          3738 8349 3736 8354

$$
HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMorgan45 min
May 30, 8:09 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPowell36 min
May 30, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMagoffin44 min
May 30, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee42 min
May 30, 8:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLMenifee, Morgan4 hr
May 30, 8:22 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLWolfe38 min
May 30, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt50 min
May 30, 8:37 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLEstill38 min
May 30, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd48 min
May 30, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson39 min
May 30, 8:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Magoffin, Wolfe4 hr
May 30, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee47 min
May 30, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt50 min
May 30, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMagoffin48 min
May 30, 9:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill43 min
May 30, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPowell, Wolfe40 min
May 30, 9:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLJohnson83 min
May 30, 9:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLJohnson6 hr
May 30, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson51 min
May 30, 9:36 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt24 min
May 30, 9:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLFloyd6 hr
May 30, 9:57 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Knott48 min
May 30, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPowell47 min
May 30, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill30 min
May 30, 10:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd44 min
May 30, 10:24 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLFloyd36 min
May 30, 10:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBath6 hr
May 30, 10:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee45 min
May 30, 10:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLEstill, Montgomery, Powell6 hr
May 30, 10:53 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPike52 min
May 30, 11:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt44 min
May 30, 11:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPike6 hr
May 30, 11:19 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMagoffin41 min
May 30, 11:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLMartin6 hr
May 30, 11:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd49 min
May 30, 11:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt46 min
May 31, 12:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe6 hr
May 31, 12:11 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLPike49 min
May 31, 12:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWayne66 min
May 31, 12:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski60 min
May 31, 12:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd41 min
May 31, 12:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more66 min
May 31, 12:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more63 min
May 31, 1:03 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLPike42 min
May 31, 1:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, McCreary54 min
May 31, 1:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRowan67 min
May 31, 1:27 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLBath33 min
May 31, 1:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott42 min
May 31, 1:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Knox, Lee, Menifee, Owsley, Whitley and 1 more66 min
May 31, 1:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Morgan, Perry52 min
May 31, 1:55 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLElliott, Rowan65 min
May 31, 2:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Leslie, Magoffin53 min
May 31, 2:10 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLMorgan, Wolfe35 min
May 31, 2:20 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell, Knox40 min
May 31, 2:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott64 min
May 31, 2:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott63 min
May 31, 2:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay3 hr
May 31, 2:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLetcher, Pike56 min
May 31, 2:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin66 min
May 31, 2:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLetcher, Pike50 min
May 31, 2:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin65 min
May 31, 2:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLetcher, Pike49 min
May 31, 3:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson4 hr
May 31, 3:01 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLJohnson29 min
May 31, 3:02 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLJohnson28 min
May 31, 3:05 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLFloyd, Pike55 min
May 31, 3:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLHarlan, Letcher6 hr
May 31, 4:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Letcher and 6 more6 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.