Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2007, 9:09 PM EDT for Elliott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2007, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Elliott County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Lytten, KY | TREES DOWN IN COMMUNITY OF RUIN. |
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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 599 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KJKL 270110 TORJKL KYC063-270145- /O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0008.070427T0109Z-070427T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 909 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ELLIOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 945 PM EDT * AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LYTTEN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF SANDY HOOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FANNIN VALLEY BY 915 PM EDT... STARK AND NEWFOUNDLAND BY 920 PM EDT... BRUIN BY 930 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3809 8331 3806 8325 3815 8290 3824 8314 $$ RAY
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KJKL 270122
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
921 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
KYC063-270145-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070427T0145Z/
ELLIOTT KY-
921 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR ELLIOTT
COUNTY...
AT 919 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWFOUNDLAND...OR
ABOUT NEAR SANDY HOOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BRUIN BY 930 PM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3814 8322 3805 8322 3807 8308 3815 8290
3824 8314
$$
ABE000
WWUS53 KJKL 270142
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
942 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
KYC063-270152-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070427T0145Z/
ELLIOTT KY-
942 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ELLIOTT COUNTY EXPIRES AT 945 PM EDT...
THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAVE EXITED
ELLIOTT COUNTY AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 945 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3814 8322 3805 8322 3807 8308 3815 8290
3824 8314
$$
ABEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Powell | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 8:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 15 min |
| Apr 26, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan, Rowan | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott | 44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.