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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY

February 11, 2009McCreary County, Whitley County, Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 11, 3:40 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGWoodbine, KYTREE DOWN ON HOUSE. ALSO...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 25 BETWEEN WILLIAMSBURG AND CORBIN.
Feb 11, 3:50 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGWilliamsburg, KYSEVERAL 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 11, 1:59 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2009-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2009-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 510 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

ABE
2 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

$$

SCHOETTMER
000 
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

$$

SCHOETTMER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 2:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Pulaski, Wayne61 min
Feb 11, 3:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley and 3 more56 min
Feb 11, 3:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 2 more53 min
Feb 11, 3:26 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLJackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle34 min
Feb 11, 3:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 2 more53 min
Feb 11, 3:56 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLKnox34 min
Feb 11, 4:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Leslie and 3 more58 min
Feb 11, 4:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley and 1 more54 min
Feb 11, 4:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan49 min
Feb 11, 4:16 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Wolfe22 min
Feb 11, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Martin47 min
Feb 11, 4:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Pike65 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.