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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY

April 3, 2007Pulaski County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2007, 8:47 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 min. 4 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 3, 2007, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2007, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pulaski County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 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 3, 8:53 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	Eubank, KY	QUARTER SIZE HAIL
Apr 3, 8:53 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Eubank, KY	QUARTER SIZE HAIL
Apr 3, 8:56 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Somerset, KY	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN EST 60-70 MPH
Apr 3, 9:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Somerset, KY	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. SEVERAL TRAILERS OVERTURNED. DAMAGE OCCURRED MAINLY IN THE WESTERN...NORTHER...AND EASTERN ENDS OF THE COUNTY.

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 3, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 210 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1678 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 10.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KJKL 040047
TORJKL
KYC199-040130-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0002.070404T0047Z-070404T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
847 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SOMERSET...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 846 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PULASKI...
  OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF SOMERSET...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BOBTOWN...WOODSTOCK...DABNEY AND BANDY BY 855 PM EDT...
  VALLEY OAK...SHOPVILLE AND 7 MILES NORTH OF BENT BY 900 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF 
DOLLAR 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3716 8485 3735 8457 3734 8453 3716 8430
      3713 8431 3706 8450 3706 8461 3705 8462
      3705 8473 3703 8489

$$

GREIF

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KJKL 040111
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
911 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

KYC199-040130-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070404T0130Z/
PULASKI KY-
911 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
PULASKI COUNTY...

AT 904 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VALLEY OAK...OR
ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3716 8485 3735 8457 3734 8453 3716 8430
      3713 8431 3706 8450 3706 8461 3705 8462
      3705 8473 3703 8489

$$
JACOBSON

000 
WWUS53 KJKL 040130
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
929 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

KYC199-040139-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070404T0130Z/
PULASKI KY-
929 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY EXPIRED AT 930 PM
EDT...

THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. 
LIGHTNING AND THUNDER WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 10:00 PM EDT. A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY 
MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3716 8485 3735 8457 3734 8453 3716 8430
      3713 8431 3706 8450 3706 8461 3705 8462
      3705 8473 3703 8489

$$

JACOBSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson	52 min
Apr 3, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Menifee	36 min
Apr 3, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Powell	28 min
Apr 3, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Lee, Wolfe	46 min
Apr 3, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Wayne	41 min
Apr 3, 8:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel	40 min
Apr 3, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Morgan	38 min
Apr 3, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski	66 min
Apr 3, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Owsley, Rockcastle	48 min
Apr 3, 9:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin	56 min
Apr 3, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay	51 min
Apr 3, 9:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Wayne	2 hr
Apr 3, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, Whitley	59 min
Apr 3, 9:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Laurel	34 min
Apr 3, 9:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Whitley	39 min
Apr 3, 9:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay	36 min
Apr 3, 9:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Leslie, Perry	56 min
Apr 3, 9:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell	28 min
Apr 3, 9:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Leslie	38 min
Apr 3, 10:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan	38 min
Apr 3, 10:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Letcher	54 min
Apr 4, 4:25 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	30 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.