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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

April 22, 2005Lee County, Owsley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2005, 9:22 PM EDT for Lee County, Owsley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 53 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
Apr 22, 2005, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2005, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lee County, KY, Owsley County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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
Apr 22, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 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 2005-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 817 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 2005-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
817 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KJKL 230122
SVRJKL
KYC129-189-230215-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0021.050423T0122Z-050423T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
922 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEATTYVILLE
  OWSLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOONEVILLE

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 918 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF STANDING
  ROCK TO 12 MILES NORTH OF EVELYN TO EVELYN TO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  ISLAND CITY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  MOUNT STERLING TO 6 MILES NORTH OF IRVINE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  IRVINE TO 8 MILES NORTH OF LONDON...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WILD DOG...WHYNOT...WHITE ASH AND VINCENT BY 930 PM EDT
  ZOE...ZACHARIAH...STURGEON AND STANDING ROCK BY 935 PM EDT
  WILLIBA AND VADA BY 940 PM EDT

LAT...LON 3727 8357 3736 8367 3734 8369 3735 8379
      3746 8388 3755 8390 3762 8386 3771 8376
      3771 8371 3764 8354 3751 8359 3742 8355
      3729 8356 3727 8353

$$

RAY
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KJKL 230146
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
945 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005

KYC129-189-230215-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050423T0215Z/
LEE KY-OWSLEY KY-
945 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR
OWSLEY AND LEE COUNTIES...

AT 943 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST OF ARNETT TO
WHYNOT TO BANFORD TO 6 MILES WEST OF STURGEON...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BEATTYVILLE TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEATTYVILLE TO 6 MILES EAST OF
MCKEE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PINNACLE BY 940 PM EDT
  WHYNOT...OLD LANDING...WILLOW SHOALS AND GREELEY BY 945 PM EDT
  MOUNT OLIVE...BEATTYVILLE...PROCTOR AND CORGLETON BY 950 PM EDT
  ST. HELENS BY 955 PM EDT

LAT...LON 3727 8357 3736 8367 3734 8369 3735 8379
      3746 8388 3758 8388 3762 8386 3771 8376
      3771 8371 3764 8354 3751 8359 3742 8355
      3729 8356 3727 8353

$$

MCLANE
000 
WWUS53 KJKL 230157
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
957 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005

KYC129-189-230215-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050423T0215Z/
LEE KY-OWSLEY KY-
957 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR 
OWSLEY AND LEE COUNTIES...

AT 953 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ZOE TO
PEBWORTH TO ISLAND CITY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CAMPTON TO BEATTYVILLE TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BOONEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ST. HELENS...SCOVILLE...PEBWORTH AND MALONEY BY 955 PM EDT
  WILLIBA...VADA...TURIN AND TAFF BY 1000 PM EDT
  SEBASTIAN AND RICETOWN BY 1005 PM EDT

LAT...LON 3728 8357 3736 8367 3734 8369 3735 8379
      3761 8380 3771 8371 3768 8364 3764 8354
      3752 8359 3742 8355 3730 8356 3728 8353

$$

MCLANE
000 
WWUS53 KJKL 230215
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1015 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005

KYC129-189-230225-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050423T0215Z/
LEE KY-OWSLEY KY-
1015 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OWSLEY AND EASTERN LEE 
COUNTIES WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1015 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3728 8357 3736 8367 3734 8369 3735 8379
      3761 8380 3771 8371 3768 8364 3764 8354
      3752 8359 3742 8355 3730 8356 3728 8353

$$

MCLANE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWayne49 min
Apr 22, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel48 min
Apr 22, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRockcastle42 min
Apr 22, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski40 min
Apr 22, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Powell60 min
Apr 22, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel42 min
Apr 22, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee, Wolfe52 min
Apr 22, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Knox49 min
Apr 22, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt63 min
Apr 22, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMagoffin45 min
Apr 22, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin64 min
Apr 22, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd34 min
Apr 22, 10:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike55 min
Apr 22, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson63 min
Apr 22, 10:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd63 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.