Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2007, 5:09 PM EST for Bath County, Kentucky. It was in force for 21 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
- Nov 5, 2007, 5:09 PM EST (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2007, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Bath County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 5:11 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Owingsville, KY | ONE TREE DOWN ON STEPSTONE RD. |
| Nov 5, 5:12 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 Wsw Owingsville, KY | STORM DAMAGE SURVEY REVEALED TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON DAY ROAD. 4 BARNS SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE AND ONE WAS BLOWN OFF ITS FOUNDATION. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG THE 1.5 MILE PATH. THE TORNADO CROSSED INTERSTATE 64 3 MILES SOUTHWEST |
| Nov 5, 5:14 PM EST | HAIL 0.88 | 2 N Owingsville, KY | NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED |
| Nov 5, 5:16 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Owingsville, KY | SEVERAL TREES DOWN AROUND OWINGSVILLE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 2539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 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 052209
TORJKL
KYC011-052230-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0009.071105T2209Z-071105T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
509 PM EST MON NOV 5 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY
HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
* UNTIL 530 PM EST
* AT 506 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FLAT
CREEK...OR ABOUT NEAR OWINGSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OWINGSVILLE...
BOURBON FURNACE...
CRAIGS...
CROOKS...
FLAT CREEK.
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.
TO REPORT TORNADOS...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6
7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3820 8392 3820 8366 3818 8365 3819 8361
3814 8361 3815 8358 3812 8354 3806 8353
3803 8379 3809 8383 3815 8392
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 269DEG 52KT 3811 8380
$$
GEOGERIAN2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KJKL 052218
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
518 PM EST MON NOV 5 2007
KYC011-052230-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-071105T2230Z/
BATH KY-
518 PM EST MON NOV 5 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN
BATH COUNTY...
AT 515 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BOURBON FURNACE...
OR ABOUT NEAR OWINGSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MIDLAND...POLKSVILLE...SALT LICK AND MOORES FERRY BY 525 PM EST...
MIDLAND BY 530 PM EST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
TO REPORT TORNADOS...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6
7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3820 8392 3820 8366 3818 8365 3819 8361
3814 8361 3815 8358 3812 8354 3806 8353
3803 8379 3809 8383 3815 8392
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 262DEG 39KT 3812 8371
$$
GEOGERIAN000
WWUS53 KJKL 052230
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
529 PM EST MON NOV 5 2007
KYC011-052239-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-071105T2230Z/
BATH KY-
529 PM EST MON NOV 5 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BATH COUNTY EXPIRES AT 530 PM
EST...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO
LONGER POSES A THREAT.
TO REPORT TORNADOS...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6
7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3820 8392 3820 8366 3818 8365 3819 8361
3814 8361 3815 8358 3812 8354 3806 8353
3803 8379 3809 8383 3815 8392
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 262DEG 39KT 3813 8356
$$
DUSTYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 3:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 31 min |
| Nov 5, 4:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Nov 5, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 25 min |
| Nov 5, 5:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Morgan, Rowan | 24 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.