Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 2005, 6:27 PM EST for Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 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
- Nov 9, 2005, 6:27 PM EST (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2005, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pike County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KJKL 092327 TORJKL KYC195-100000- /O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0003.051109T2327Z-051110T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 627 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY * UNTIL 700 PM EST * AT 626 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SHELBIANA...OR ABOUT NEAR PIKEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTH OF LOOKOUT BY 630 PM EST MARROWBONE...FISHTRAP LAKE AND ROCKHOUSE BY 635 PM EST BELCHER...ELKHORN CITY AND PHYLLIS BY 640 PM EST MOUTHCARD...FEDSCREEK AND BIGGS BY 645 PM EST IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3752 8258 3735 8265 3727 8239 3742 8214 $$ ABE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KJKL 092337 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 636 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005 KYC195-100000- /O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051110T0000Z/ PIKE KY- 636 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR PIKE COUNTY... AT 634 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GARDEN VILLAGE... OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF PIKEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BELCHER...FISHTRAP LAKE...PHYLLIS AND ELKHORN CITY BY 645 PM EST MOUTHCARD...FEDSCREEK AND BIGGS BY 655 PM EST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3752 8258 3735 8265 3727 8239 3742 8214 $$ GEOGERIAN
000 WWUS53 KJKL 092348 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 647 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005 KYC195-100000- /O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051110T0000Z/ PIKE KY- 647 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR PIKE COUNTY... AT 643 PM EST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MARROWBONE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIKEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MOUTHCARD...FEDSCREEK...TOONERVILLE...AND BIGGS BY 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 3752 8258 3735 8265 3727 8239 3742 8214 $$ GEOGERIAN
000 WWUS53 KJKL 100001 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 701 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005 KYC195-100010- /O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051110T0000Z/ PIKE KY- 701 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PIKE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 700 PM EST... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. LAT...LON 3752 8258 3735 8265 3727 8239 3742 8214 $$ GEOGERIAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.