Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 4:39 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min. 6 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 10, 2009, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2009, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Magoffin County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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 10, 4:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Ezel, KY | A COUPLE OF LARGE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN. |
| Apr 10, 4:48 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 E Ezel, KY | |
| Apr 10, 4:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Mize, KY | A ROOF WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BLOW OFF OF A BARN. |
| Apr 10, 4:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | E Mize, KY | A ROOF WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN BLOW OFF OF A BARN. |
| Apr 10, 5:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | West Liberty, KY | A COUPLE OF LARGE LIMBS WERE BLWON DOWN. |
| Apr 10, 5:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Sw West Liberty, KY | COOP OBSERVER REPORTED ONE INCH HAIL AT NEW CUMMER. |
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 10, 2:51 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 465 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 808 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 102039 TORJKL KYC153-165-175-205-237-102115- /O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0013.090410T2039Z-090410T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 439 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTH CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... WEST CENTRAL MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... NORTH CENTRAL WOLFE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR VALERIA... OR 7 MILES NORTH OF CAMPTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WEST LIBERTY... ARNETT... SALEM... ADELE... ARTVILLE. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL 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 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. 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 3811 8334 3776 8318 3773 8351 3786 8362 TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 218DEG 33KT 3784 8350 $$ SCHOETTMER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KJKL 102113 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 513 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 KYC153-165-175-205-237-102122- /O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090410T2115Z/ ROWAN KY-MORGAN KY-MENIFEE KY-MAGOFFIN KY-WOLFE KY- 513 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WOLFE...WEST CENTRAL MAGOFFIN...SOUTHEASTERN MENIFEE...WESTERN MORGAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. TO REPORT DAMAGE FROM SEVERE WEATHER...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3811 8334 3776 8318 3773 8351 3786 8362 TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 218DEG 33KT 3799 8323 $$ RICHEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 3:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 3:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 4:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 4:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more | 31 min |
| Apr 10, 4:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 3 more | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Menifee and 2 more | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 5:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Lee, Menifee, Morgan and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 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.