Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 18, 2009, 2:49 PM EST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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
- Feb 18, 2009, 2:49 PM EST (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2009, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bell County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knox County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 3:05 PM EST | HAIL 0.88 | Ferndale, KY | WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 40-50 MPH, HOWEVER NO DAMAGE WAS SEEN. |
| Feb 18, 3:10 PM EST | HAIL 0.88 | Pineville, KY | HAIL REPORTED ON RTE 190 ALONG CLEAR CREEK AT HARMONY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 12:09 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 275 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
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 599 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 631 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KJKL 181949
SVRJKL
KYC013-095-121-235-182030-
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0021.090218T1949Z-090218T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
249 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY
HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
CENTRAL BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 330 PM EST
* AT 246 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LOUDEN...OR 9 MILES EAST OF WILLIAMSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SWANPOND AND HUBBS BY 255 PM EST...
TROSPER...WARREN...MYRICK AND KAYJAY BY 300 PM EST...
WALLSEND...FOURMILE...FLAT LICK AND CLEAR CREEK SPRINGS BY 305 PM
EST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
TO REPORT 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 3689 8347 3678 8328 3668 8350 3671 8407
3683 8407
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 269DEG 42KT 3678 8397
$$
RAY2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KJKL 182016
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
316 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
KYC013-095-121-235-182030-
/O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090218T2030Z/
KNOX KY-HARLAN KY-WHITLEY KY-BELL KY-
316 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST
FOR NORTHERN BELL...EAST CENTRAL WHITLEY...SOUTHWESTERN HARLAN AND
SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTIES...
AT 315 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BALKAN...OR 8 MILES EAST OF
PINEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LIGGETT...BARDO...ALVA AND CREECH BY 325 PM EST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3689 8347 3678 8328 3668 8350 3671 8407
3683 8407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 274DEG 48KT 3676 8353
$$
SBH000
WWUS53 KJKL 182028
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
328 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
KYC013-095-121-235-182038-
/O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090218T2030Z/
KNOX KY-HARLAN KY-WHITLEY KY-BELL KY-
328 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BELL...EAST CENTRAL
WHITLEY...SOUTHWESTERN HARLAN AND SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 330 PM EST...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS. HOWEVER...THE STORMS REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SMALL
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.
TO REPORT DAMAGE FROM SEVERE WEATHER...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3689 8347 3678 8328 3668 8350 3671 8407
3683 8407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 274DEG 48KT 3675 8333
$$
SBHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 1:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 1:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 47 min |
| Feb 18, 1:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley | 43 min |
| Feb 18, 2:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 47 min |
| Feb 18, 2:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more | 18 min |
| Feb 18, 2:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 43 min |
| Feb 18, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox | 36 min |
| Feb 18, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Johnson, Menifee, Morgan, Powell and 1 more | 49 min |
| Feb 18, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 30 min |
| Feb 18, 2:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie | 42 min |
| Feb 18, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 51 min |
| Feb 18, 2:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan and 2 more | 50 min |
| Feb 18, 2:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Morgan and 2 more | 48 min |
| Feb 18, 3:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Harlan | 30 min |
| Feb 18, 3:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 32 min |
| Feb 18, 3:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 31 min |
| Feb 18, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Martin | 29 min |
| Feb 18, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan and 2 more | 48 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.