Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2014, 3:02 PM EDT for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 43 min. 7 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
- Apr 28, 2014, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Perry County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nw Pathfork, KY | POWERLINES AND TREES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE HULEN COMMUNITY. |
| Apr 28, 3:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Harlan, KY | WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE IN CITY OF HARLAN AND EVARTS. TREES DOWN ON RESIDENCES AND WINDOWS BROKEN OUT. KU REPORTING OVER 6000 WITHOUT POWER. |
| Apr 28, 3:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Harlan, KY | TREE FELL ON A CAR IN HARLAN. |
| Apr 28, 3:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Harlan, KY | TREES DOWN IN HARLAN. |
| Apr 28, 3:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mary Alice, KY | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 72. |
| Apr 28, 3:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Evarts, KY | *** 3 INJ *** NWS SURVEY TEAM ESTIMATES THAT 90 MPH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAUSED INJURIES AND DAMAGE IN EVARTS. IN ADDITION TO THREE MINOR INJURIES...DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THREE STRUCTURES INCLUDING A TREE FALLING ON ONE BUILDING. THERE WAS ALSO NUMEROUS TREES DAMA |
| Apr 28, 3:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 1 Wnw Big Black Mountai, KY | 70 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASRUED AT THE KY MESONET SITE ON THE TOP OF BLACK MOUNTAIN AT 4031 FEET. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 290 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1330 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
129
WUUS53 KJKL 281902
SVRJKL
KYC013-051-095-131-133-193-281945-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0021.140428T1902Z-140428T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
302 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN LESLIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN LETCHER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 300 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CALLAWAY...
AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARLAN...BLACKMONT...STONY FORK JUNCTION...BLACK SNAKE...INSULL...
MOLUS...BEVERLY...PATHFORK...GARDNER...SKIDMORE...TACKY TOWN...
SANDY FORK...LAYMAN...ALVA...COLDIRON...SAYLOR...LOW...WALLINS
CREEK...TWILA AND SOUTH WALLINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING
WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING KILLS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3689 8362 3693 8356 3695 8360 3697 8365
3720 8301 3697 8286 3690 8287 3687 8291
3684 8301 3685 8307 3678 8313 3675 8312
3674 8314 3670 8333 3666 8342 3666 8353
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 254DEG 43KT 3680 8355
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RAY2 follow-up statements
393
WWUS53 KJKL 281921
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
321 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
KYC013-051-281931-
/O.CAN.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140428T1945Z/
BELL KY-CLAY KY-
321 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLAY AND
NORTHEASTERN BELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3669 8346 3673 8350 3678 8349 3681 8351
3685 8348 3697 8352 3702 8351 3720 8301
3697 8286 3690 8287 3687 8291 3684 8301
3685 8307 3678 8313 3675 8312 3674 8314
3666 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 254DEG 43KT 3686 8328
$$
KYC095-131-133-193-281945-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140428T1945Z/
LESLIE KY-LETCHER KY-PERRY KY-HARLAN KY-
321 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HARLAN...
SOUTHEASTERN PERRY...SOUTHWESTERN LETCHER AND SOUTHERN LESLIE
COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
AT 318 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARLAN...AND
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BROOKSIDE...AGES...RHEA...NAPIER...CRUMMIES...POPEVILLE...KELLIOKA...
VERDA...TEN SPOT...JONESBURG...KILDAV...PUTNEY...CAUSEY...DRAPER...
CRANKS...KENTENIA STATE FOREST...EVARTS...BIG FORK...DIVIDE AND
BAILEY CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3669 8346 3673 8350 3678 8349 3681 8351
3685 8348 3697 8352 3702 8351 3720 8301
3697 8286 3690 8287 3687 8291 3684 8301
3685 8307 3678 8313 3675 8312 3674 8314
3666 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 254DEG 43KT 3686 8328
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RAY962
WWUS53 KJKL 281943
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
343 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
KYC095-131-133-193-281952-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140428T1945Z/
LESLIE KY-LETCHER KY-PERRY KY-HARLAN KY-
343 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HARLAN...SOUTHEASTERN PERRY...
SOUTHWESTERN LETCHER AND SOUTHERN LESLIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345
PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 3669 8346 3673 8350 3678 8349 3681 8351
3685 8348 3697 8352 3702 8351 3720 8301
3697 8286 3690 8287 3687 8291 3684 8301
3685 8307 3678 8313 3675 8312 3674 8314
3666 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 254DEG 43KT 3693 8298
$$
RAYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan, Letcher | 33 min |
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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.