Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2011, 1:38 PM EDT for 8 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2011, 1:38 PM EDT (17:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
732 WUUS53 KJKL 231738 SVRJKL KYC013-051-121-125-147-199-231-235-231815- /O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0013.110323T1738Z-110323T1815Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 138 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... SOUTHERN LAUREL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHEASTERN MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTH CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 215 PM EDT * AT 135 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WIBORG...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF WHITLEY CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... YOUNGS CREEK...KRUPP...BARK CAMP AND HUXLEY AROUND 145 PM EDT. WALDEN...CLIO...DEERING AND GOLDBUG AROUND 150 PM EDT. ROCKHOLDS...WILTON...FABER AND WOODBINE AROUND 155 PM EDT. DISHMAN SPRINGS...INDIAN CREEK AND ARKLE AROUND 200 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SILER... PROVIDENCE AND HAMMOND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3717 8357 3686 8352 3675 8451 3690 8462 TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 260DEG 56KT 3681 8443 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ KAS
2 follow-up statements
997 WWUS53 KJKL 231755 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 155 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 KYC147-199-231-231803- /O.CAN.KJKL.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T1815Z/ PULASKI KY-WAYNE KY-MCCREARY KY- 155 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCCREARY... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL WAYNE AND SOUTH CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3693 8427 3717 8357 3686 8352 3678 8424 TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 261DEG 58KT 3684 8406 $$ KYC013-051-121-125-235-231815- /O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T1815Z/ CLAY KY-LAUREL KY-KNOX KY-WHITLEY KY-BELL KY- 155 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BELL...NORTHERN WHITLEY...KNOX...SOUTHEASTERN LAUREL AND SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT... AT 148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALDEN...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF WILLIAMSBURG...MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 65 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BARBOURVILLE...PROVIDENCE...AND SWANPOND AROUND 200 PM EDT. YEAGER...AND BOONE HEIGHTS AROUND 205 PM EDT. WALKER...AND SCALF AROUND 210 PM EDT. FIELD...AND EROSE AROUND 215 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE PROVIDENCE AND HAMMOND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3693 8427 3717 8357 3686 8352 3678 8424 TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 261DEG 58KT 3684 8406 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ MACZKO
587 WWUS53 KJKL 231811 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 211 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 KYC013-051-121-125-235-231821- /O.EXP.KJKL.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T1815Z/ CLAY KY-LAUREL KY-KNOX KY-WHITLEY KY-BELL KY- 211 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BELL...NORTHERN WHITLEY...KNOX...SOUTHEASTERN LAUREL AND SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM EDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT. LAT...LON 3693 8427 3717 8357 3686 8352 3678 8424 TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 261DEG 58KT 3688 8370 $$ MACZKO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 5:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 23, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Wolfe | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 6:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin and 3 more | 28 min |
| Mar 23, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Leslie, Owsley, Perry | 24 min |
| Mar 23, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan, Leslie | 73 min |
| Mar 23, 7:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 1 more | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.