Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 2010, 8:20 PM EDT for Fleming County, Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 17 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 20, 2010, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2010, 8:37 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fleming County, KY, Rowan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 8:28 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | 5 N Cranston, KY | HAIL REPORTED ALONG KY377 BETWEEN CRANSTON AND LEWIS COUNTY LINE. ALSO REPORTS HEAVY RAIN, BEGINNING TO COVER THE ROAD. |
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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KJKL 210020
TORJKL
KYC069-205-210100-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0013.100721T0020Z-100721T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
820 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 817 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALTZ...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF MOREHEAD...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WALTZ...HAYS CROSSING...CRANSTON...TRIPLETT...GATES AND HALDEMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT TORNADOS...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 3837 8337 3834 8336 3834 8334 3832 8333
3830 8333 3825 8330 3823 8330 3819 8326
3827 8358 3839 8351
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 286DEG 22KT 3829 8346
$$
PELTON2 follow-up statements
657
WWUS53 KJKL 210031
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
831 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010
KYC069-210040-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100721T0100Z/
FLEMING KY-
831 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLEMING COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF FLEMING
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3838 8343 3837 8337 3834 8336 3834 8334
3832 8333 3830 8333 3825 8330 3823 8330
3819 8326 3825 8351
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 286DEG 22KT 3827 8339
$$
KYC205-210100-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100721T0100Z/
ROWAN KY-
831 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTY
UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TRIPLETT...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOREHEAD...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GATES AND HALDEMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3838 8343 3837 8337 3834 8336 3834 8334
3832 8333 3830 8333 3825 8330 3823 8330
3819 8326 3825 8351
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 286DEG 22KT 3827 8339
$$
PELTON828
WWUS53 KJKL 210037
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
837 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010
KYC205-210047-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100721T0100Z/
ROWAN KY-
837 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ROWAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3838 8343 3837 8337 3834 8336 3834 8334
3832 8333 3830 8333 3825 8330 3823 8330
3819 8326 3825 8351
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 286DEG 22KT 3826 8334
$$
PELTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 8:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Elliott, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Elliott | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bell, Clay, Elliott, Fleming, Harlan, Knox and 8 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan, Rowan | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Wolfe | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 6:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott, Fleming, Rowan | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 10:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 80 min |
| Jul 21, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan, Rowan | 3 hr |
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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.