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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Jackson, KY

April 26, 2007Bath County, Fleming County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2007, 7:44 PM EDT for Bath County, Fleming County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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 26, 2007, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2007, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bath County, KY, Fleming County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 26, 7:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Pebble, KY	TWO LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
Apr 26, 7:49 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 W Hillsboro, KY	EF1 TORANDO WITH MAX WINDS OF 105 MPH TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 749 PM EDT. PATH LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES LONG AND 200 YARDS WIDE. 3 BARNS WERE DESTROYED AND A CONCRETE SILO WAS BLOWN OVER. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH.
Apr 26, 7:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Hillsboro, KY	CONCRETE SILO AND TWO BARNS DAMAGED. REPORTED BY TV STATION SPOTTER AND RELAYED BY THE STATION.
Apr 26, 7:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Pebble, KY	1 TREE DOWN.
Apr 26, 7:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Hillsboro, KY	TOOL SHED DAMAGED DUE TO WIND. SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
Apr 26, 8:10 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Muses Mills, KY	FURTHER INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AFTER THE INITIAL REPORT OF A TORNADO INDICATED THAT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SEEN IN MUSES MILLS...BUT IT WAS NOT SEEN TOUCHING DOWN.
Apr 26, 8:10 PM EDT	TORNADO	Muses Mills, KY	TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN MUSES MILLS

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 26, 4:18 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KJKL 262344
TORJKL
KYC011-069-270015-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0006.070426T2344Z-070427T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
744 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY  BATH COUNTY IN EAST
  CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 741 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PEBBLE...OR
  ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF OWINGSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HILLSBORO AND GRANGE CITY BY 750 PM EDT...
  POPLAR PLAINS BY 755 PM EDT...
  PLUMMERS LANDING...GODDARD AND WALLINGFORD BY 800 PM EDT...
  MUSES MILLS BY 805 PM EDT...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 3832 8386 3811 8383 3837 8346 3851 8364

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KJKL 262353
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
753 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

KYC011-069-270015-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070427T0015Z/
FLEMING KY-BATH KY-
753 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR BATH AND
FLEMING COUNTIES...

AT 750 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OAKLEY...OR ABOUT
9 MILES NORTH OF OWINGSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PLUMMERS LANDING...GODDARD AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALLINGFORD BY
  800 PM EDT...
  MUSES MILLS BY 805 PM EDT...

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

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 3850 8362 3844 8359 3841 8351 3836 8348
      3821 8368 3817 8365 3818 8361 3813 8361
      3815 8358 3808 8353 3807 8348 3807 8357
      3802 8361 3801 8376 3815 8390 3816 8398
      3819 8398

$$

RAY

000 
WWUS53 KJKL 270026
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
825 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

KYC011-069-270035-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070427T0015Z/
FLEMING KY-BATH KY-
825 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BATH AND FLEMING COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORMS THAT THREATENED THE AREA HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. 
HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT.


LAT...LON 3850 8362 3844 8359 3841 8351 3836 8348
      3821 8368 3817 8365 3818 8361 3813 8361
      3815 8358 3808 8353 3807 8348 3807 8357
      3802 8361 3801 8376 3815 8390 3816 8398
      3819 8398

$$

RAY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	25 min
Apr 26, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath	34 min
Apr 26, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Fleming	37 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.