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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Jackson, KY

April 4, 20114 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2011, 6:16 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 44 min. 12 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, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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, 6:18 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Dana, KY	SEVERAL TREES SNAPPED AND SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO A HOUSE.
Apr 4, 6:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Coal Run, KY	ROOF BLOWN OFF OF THE ROLLER SKATE CENTER AT MULLINS.
Apr 4, 6:28 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Coal Run, KY	TWO LARGE TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 23.
Apr 4, 6:28 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nnw Pikeville, KY	TRAFFIC LIGHTS WERE BLOWN DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF US HIGHWAY 119 AND US HIGHWAY 23. THE TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 4, 6:28 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Coal Run, KY	ROOFS DAMAGED ON A SELF STORAGE FACILITY AND MACHINE SHOP.
Apr 4, 6:29 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Pikeville, KY	SHINGLES BLOWN OFF OF HOUSE WITH MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD.
Apr 4, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Zebulon, KY	A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ONTO POWERLINES AND INTO THE ROAD A HALF OF A MILE UP RACCOON CREEK. THE TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 4, 6:31 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Pikeville, KY	SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 1426.
Apr 4, 6:33 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nw Raccoon, KY	POWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON A HOUSE ALONG FROZEN CREEK. THE TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 4, 6:38 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 70	4 Ne Meta, KY	ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 60 TO 70 MPH.
Apr 4, 6:42 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sse Mcandrews, KY	A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON KY 1056 NEAR THE MOUTH OF BALL FORK HOLLOW. THE TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 4, 6:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Belfry, KY	LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN. EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN 658 PM AND 713 PM.

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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 240 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.

595 
WFUS53 KJKL 042216
TORJKL
KYC071-119-159-195-042300-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0012.110404T2216Z-110404T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHEASTERN KNOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EASTERN...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF
  PRESTONSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BETSY LAYNE...JUSTELL...HAROLD AND BOLDMAN AROUND 625 PM EDT.
  GULNARE...ZEBULON...MCCOMBS AND PIKEVILLE AROUND 630 PM EDT.
  META...VARNEY...PISO AND JARAD AROUND 635 PM EDT.
  CANADA...SIDNEY AND HEISEY AROUND 640 PM EDT.

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 3741 8283 3759 8289 3773 8232 3770 8230
      3767 8229 3766 8224 3763 8221 3764 8218
      3760 8216 3759 8213 3756 8214 3755 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 254DEG 49KT 3753 8274

$$

GREIF

4 follow-up statements

783 
WWUS53 KJKL 042229
SVSJKL

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

KYC119-042239-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/
KNOTT KY-
629 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KNOTT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3744 8268 3764 8267 3773 8232 3770 8230
      3767 8229 3766 8224 3763 8221 3764 8218
      3760 8216 3759 8213 3756 8214 3755 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 254DEG 49KT 3757 8254

$$

KYC071-159-195-042300-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/
MARTIN KY-FLOYD KY-PIKE KY-
629 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PIKE...EAST
CENTRAL FLOYD AND SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN 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 BETSY LAYNE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PIKEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  META...VARNEY...PISO AND JARAD AROUND 635 PM EDT.
  SIDNEY...CANADA...HEISEY AND CONDER AROUND 640 PM EDT.
  BELFRY...FOREST HILLS...HARDY AND HUDDY AROUND 645 PM EDT.

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 3744 8268 3764 8267 3773 8232 3770 8230
      3767 8229 3766 8224 3763 8221 3764 8218
      3760 8216 3759 8213 3756 8214 3755 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 254DEG 49KT 3757 8254

$$

PELTON

530 
WWUS53 KJKL 042232
SVSJKL

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

KYC071-042242-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/
FLOYD KY-
632 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3747 8253 3769 8247 3773 8232 3770 8230
      3767 8229 3766 8224 3763 8221 3764 8218
      3760 8216 3759 8213 3756 8214 3755 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 238DEG 63KT 3753 8243

$$

KYC159-195-042300-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/
MARTIN KY-PIKE KY-
632 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PIKE AND
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 629 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ZEBULON...OR NEAR PIKEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 70 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HARDY...HUDDY...BELFRY AND CANADA AROUND 640 PM EDT.

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.

INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASSIONALY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN
ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3747 8253 3769 8247 3773 8232 3770 8230
      3767 8229 3766 8224 3763 8221 3764 8218
      3760 8216 3759 8213 3756 8214 3755 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 238DEG 63KT 3753 8243

$$

GREIF

861 
WWUS53 KJKL 042249
SVSJKL

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

KYC159-042300-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/
MARTIN KY-
649 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3750 8236 3759 8238 3764 8229 3766 8227
      3766 8224 3763 8221 3764 8218 3760 8216
      3759 8213 3756 8214 3755 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 256DEG 38KT 3755 8222

$$

KYC195-042300-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/
PIKE KY-
649 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

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

AT 646 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR MCANDREWS...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF WILLIAMSON...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH 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.

INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASSIONALY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN
ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3750 8236 3759 8238 3764 8229 3766 8227
      3766 8224 3763 8221 3764 8218 3760 8216
      3759 8213 3756 8214 3755 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 256DEG 38KT 3755 8222

$$

PELTON

185 
WWUS53 KJKL 042255
SVSJKL

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

KYC195-042305-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/
PIKE KY-
655 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

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

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

LAT...LON 3750 8236 3759 8238 3764 8229 3766 8227
      3766 8224 3763 8221 3764 8218 3760 8216
      3759 8213 3756 8214 3755 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 256DEG 38KT 3756 8215

$$

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, 6:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Pike	52 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, 6:39 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

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.