Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 11, 2009, 3:40 PM EST for McCreary County, Whitley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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 11, 2009, 3:40 PM EST (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2009, 4:05 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McCreary County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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 11, 3:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Woodbine, KY | TREE DOWN ON HOUSE. ALSO...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 25 BETWEEN WILLIAMSBURG AND CORBIN. |
| Feb 11, 3:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Williamsburg, KY | SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWNED/UPROOTED IN WILLIAMSBURG... SOME AS LARGE AS 3 FOOT IN DIAMTER. |
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 11, 1:59 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 510 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 444 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 112040
TORJKL
KYC147-235-112115-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0002.090211T2040Z-090211T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
340 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY
HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 415 PM EST
* AT 339 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR KRUPP...OR
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLIAMSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORBIN...
LIBERTY...
WILLIAMSBURG...
BARK CAMP...
BARTON.
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 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY 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 3682 8443 3694 8421 3695 8420 3694 8417
3696 8415 3697 8412 3676 8399 3667 8431
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 240DEG 63KT 3680 8425
$$
ABE2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KJKL 112051
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
351 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
KYC147-112101-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090211T2115Z/
MCCREARY KY-
351 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MCCREARY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.
TO REPORT DAMAGE FROM SEVERE WEATHER...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3667 8431 3687 8433 3695 8420 3694 8417
3696 8415 3696 8413 3693 8409 3676 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 240DEG 63KT 3689 8406
$$
KYC235-112115-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090211T2115Z/
WHITLEY KY-
351 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
WHITLEY COUNTY...
AT 348 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR FABER...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF WILLIAMSBURG...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
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 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY 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 3667 8431 3687 8433 3695 8420 3694 8417
3696 8415 3696 8413 3693 8409 3676 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 240DEG 63KT 3689 8406
$$
SCHOETTMER000
WWUS53 KJKL 112105
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
405 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
KYC235-112116-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090211T2115Z/
WHITLEY KY-
406 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO
LONGER POSES A THREAT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.
TO REPORT DAMAGE FROM SEVERE WEATHER...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3667 8431 3687 8433 3695 8420 3694 8417
3696 8415 3696 8413 3693 8409 3676 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 240DEG 63KT 3702 8377
$$
SCHOETTMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 61 min |
| Feb 11, 3:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley and 3 more | 56 min |
| Feb 11, 3:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 2 more | 53 min |
| Feb 11, 3:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 34 min |
| Feb 11, 3:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 2 more | 53 min |
| Feb 11, 3:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Knox | 34 min |
| Feb 11, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Leslie and 3 more | 58 min |
| Feb 11, 4:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley and 1 more | 54 min |
| Feb 11, 4:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 49 min |
| Feb 11, 4:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Wolfe | 22 min |
| Feb 11, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Martin | 47 min |
| Feb 11, 4:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Pike | 65 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.