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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY

February 28, 2011Fleming County, Rowan County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 6:36 AM EST for Fleming County, Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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
Feb 28, 2011, 6:36 AM EST (11:36 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2011, 7:00 AM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fleming County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:39 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 28, 5:47 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 325 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

896 
WFUS53 KJKL 281136
TORJKL
KYC069-205-281200-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0001.110228T1136Z-110228T1200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
636 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTH CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 700 AM EST

* AT 635 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MUSES MILLS...OR 11 MILES EAST OF
  FLEMINGSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN FLEMING AND EXTREME NORTHERN
  ROWAN COUNTIES.

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 3844 8358 3844 8357 3842 8349 3840 8346
      3840 8342 3836 8337 3835 8337 3833 8362
      3845 8362 3846 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 1136Z 265DEG 46KT 3840 8352

$$
2 follow-up statements
340 
WWUS53 KJKL 281148
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
648 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

KYC069-205-281200-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110228T1200Z/
FLEMING KY-ROWAN KY-
648 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL ROWAN AND
EAST CENTRAL FLEMING COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM EST...

AT 643 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALTZ...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF MOREHEAD...MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

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 3844 8358 3844 8357 3842 8349 3840 8346
      3840 8342 3836 8337 3835 8337 3833 8362
      3845 8362 3846 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 1147Z 268DEG 37KT 3837 8337

$$
732 
WWUS53 KJKL 281156
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
656 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

KYC069-205-281205-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110228T1200Z/
FLEMING KY-ROWAN KY-
656 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ROWAN AND EAST CENTRAL
FLEMING COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 AM EST...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL 
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING.  

LAT...LON 3844 8358 3844 8357 3842 8349 3840 8346
      3840 8342 3836 8337 3835 8337 3833 8362
      3845 8362 3846 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 1155Z 268DEG 37KT 3837 8326

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 6:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming28 min
Feb 28, 6:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Rowan50 min
Feb 28, 6:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Rowan45 min
Feb 28, 7:08 AM ESTTornado WarningJKLPowell, Wolfe22 min
Feb 28, 7:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Elliott, Estill, Jackson, Johnson, Lee and 8 more45 min
Feb 28, 7:30 AM ESTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe30 min
Feb 28, 7:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Owsley, Pulaski and 3 more49 min
Feb 28, 7:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin and 4 more49 min
Feb 28, 8:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Martin, Pike34 min
Feb 28, 8:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike47 min
Feb 28, 9:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Leslie and 4 more32 min
Feb 28, 9:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike16 min
Feb 28, 11:38 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Jackson, Knox and 8 more6 hr
Feb 28, 1:00 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKLJackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle6 hr
Feb 28, 1:17 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming and 19 more6 hr
Feb 28, 1:53 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill, Powell47 hr
Feb 28, 2:47 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKLHarlan, Letcher6 hr
Feb 28, 5:12 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLKnox21 hr
Feb 28, 5:12 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLWhitley42 hr
Feb 28, 5:19 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLClay15 hr
Feb 28, 5:34 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLEstill36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.