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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Jackson, KY

April 4, 2011Floyd County, Knott County, Pike County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2011, 6:08 PM EDT for Floyd County, Knott County, Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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: Apr 4, 2011, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Floyd County, KY, Knott County, KY, Pike County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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
Apr 4, 6:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ese Ligon, KY	A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN BLOCKING JOHN BROWN FORK ROAD. THE TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 4, 6:21 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 Ese Beaver, KY	STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2.7 MILES SOUTH OF TEABERRY IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY MONDAY APRIL 4TH. ESTIMATED MAX WINDS WERE AROUND 90 MPH. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.4 MILES WITH A PATH WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. THE TORNADO TOUCHED
Apr 4, 6:28 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ne Virgie, KY	TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON POWERLINES. THE TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 4, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Shelbiana, KY	ROOF BLOWN OFF OF HOME. POWER LINES AND TREES ALSO DOWN IN AREA.

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
Apr 4, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 259 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -333 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 324 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 410 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

674 
WFUS53 KJKL 042208
TORJKL
KYC071-119-195-042300-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0011.110404T2208Z-110404T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
608 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN KNOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AMBURGEY...OR NEAR HINDMAN...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 55 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PUNCHEON...HALL...DRY CREEK AND KITE AROUND 615 PM EDT.
  HALO...WHEELWRIGHT...GREENLEAF AND MELVIN AROUND 620 PM EDT.
  MYRA...LIGON...SPEIGHT AND BUCKHORN HOLLOW AROUND 625 PM EDT.
  VIRGIE...JONANCY AND DORTON AROUND 630 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE PUNCHEON...
MARROWBONE AND CEDARVILLE.

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.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 3726 8235 3724 8241 3723 8261 3725 8264
      3723 8268 3728 8274 3727 8279 3727 8283
      3725 8287 3721 8292 3720 8301 3722 8305
      3738 8308 3747 8231 3731 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 263DEG 50KT 3730 8294

$$

GREIF

4 follow-up statements

157 
WWUS53 KJKL 042220
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
620 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

KYC071-119-195-042300-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/
FLOYD KY-PIKE KY-KNOTT KY-
620 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL KNOTT...
SOUTHWESTERN PIKE AND SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PUNCHEON...OR 10 MILES EAST OF HINDMAN...
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MYRA...SPEIGHT...LIGON AND BUCKHORN HOLLOW AROUND 625 PM EDT.
  VIRGIE...JONANCY AND DORTON AROUND 630 PM EDT.
  ROCKHOUSE...LOOKOUT...ASHCAMP AND GARDEN VILLAGE AROUND 635 PM EDT.
  BELCHER...MARROWBONE...ELKHORN CITY AND FISHTRAP LAKE AROUND 640 PM
  EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE MARROWBONE AND
CEDARVILLE.

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 3726 8235 3724 8242 3723 8261 3725 8264
      3723 8268 3728 8274 3726 8285 3734 8282
      3742 8282 3747 8231 3731 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 263DEG 50KT 3732 8273

$$

PELTON

010 
WWUS53 KJKL 042227
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
627 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

KYC071-119-195-042300-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/
FLOYD KY-PIKE KY-KNOTT KY-
627 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
KNOTT...SOUTHWESTERN PIKE AND SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 700
PM EDT...

AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JONANCY...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PIKEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCKHOUSE...LOOKOUT...ASHCAMP AND GARDEN VILLAGE AROUND 635 PM EDT.
  BELCHER...MARROWBONE...ELKHORN CITY AND FISHTRAP LAKE AROUND 640 PM
  EDT.
  PHYLLIS AROUND 645 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE MARROWBONE AND
CEDARVILLE.

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 3726 8235 3724 8242 3723 8261 3725 8264
      3723 8268 3728 8273 3734 8270 3743 8269
      3747 8231 3731 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 263DEG 50KT 3733 8259

$$

PELTON

745 
WWUS53 KJKL 042245
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
645 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

KYC071-119-042255-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/
FLOYD KY-KNOTT KY-
645 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KNOTT AND
SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3726 8235 3724 8242 3727 8242 3731 8242
      3734 8241 3745 8244 3747 8231 3731 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 263DEG 50KT 3735 8229

$$

KYC195-042300-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/
PIKE KY-
645 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY UNTIL
700 PM EDT...

AT 641 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELCHER...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PIKEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY.

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 3726 8235 3724 8242 3727 8242 3731 8242
      3734 8241 3745 8244 3747 8231 3731 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 263DEG 50KT 3735 8229

$$

PELTON

239 
WWUS53 KJKL 042250
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
650 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

KYC195-042300-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/
PIKE KY-
650 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM
EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 3726 8235 3724 8242 3727 8242 3731 8242
      3734 8241 3745 8244 3747 8231 3731 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 263DEG 50KT 3735 8220

$$

PELTON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 8:06 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	JKL	Bath, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming and 23 more	23 hr
Apr 4, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	41 min
Apr 4, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike	37 min
Apr 4, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell	49 min
Apr 4, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	44 min
Apr 4, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	43 min
Apr 4, 4:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	26 min
Apr 4, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 2 more	51 min
Apr 4, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Pulaski, Rockcastle	49 min
Apr 4, 4:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley	34 min
Apr 4, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more	51 min
Apr 4, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Pulaski, Rockcastle	35 min
Apr 4, 4:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	47 min
Apr 4, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe	27 min
Apr 4, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	46 min
Apr 4, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 1 more	53 min
Apr 4, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Leslie, Owsley, Perry	43 min
Apr 4, 5:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Knott, Leslie, Perry	40 min
Apr 4, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, Wolfe	50 min
Apr 4, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 2 more	59 min
Apr 4, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike	42 min
Apr 4, 6:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Martin	2 hr
Apr 4, 6:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	119 min
Apr 4, 6:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Martin, Pike	44 min
Apr 4, 6:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more	94 min
Apr 4, 6:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Pike	36 min
Apr 4, 6:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Pulaski	82 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.