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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jackson, KY

April 4, 2011Pike County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2011, 6:39 PM EDT for Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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
Apr 4, 2011, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Pike County, KY

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 4, 6:42 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse Mcandrews, KYA TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON KY 1056 NEAR THE MOUTH OF BALL FORK HOLLOW. THE TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 4, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 234 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2011-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2011-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 339 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
406 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.

341 
WFUS53 KJKL 042239
TORJKL
KYC195-042315-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0013.110404T2239Z-110404T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 637 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RACCOON...OR 5 MILES EAST OF PIKEVILLE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KIMPER...PHYLLIS...BIGGS...FEDSCREEK...MCANDREWS...COLEMAN...
  PHELPS...BOARD TREE...JAMBOREE...PAW PAW...MAJESTIC...ARGO AND
  WOODMAN.

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 3741 8213 3739 8243 3756 8245 3760 8214
      3759 8213 3756 8213 3756 8208 3754 8206
      3756 8204 3754 8203 3755 8197 3753 8196
      3752 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 262DEG 51KT 3747 8238

$$
GREIF
3 follow-up statements
480 
WWUS53 KJKL 042251
SVSJKL

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

KYC195-042315-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110404T2315Z/
PIKE KY-
651 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY
UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLEMAN...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF WILLIAMSON...
MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JAMBOREE...PAW PAW...MAJESTIC...ARGO AND WOODMAN.

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 3741 8213 3740 8223 3758 8228 3760 8214
      3759 8213 3756 8213 3756 8208 3754 8206
      3756 8204 3754 8203 3755 8197 3753 8196
      3752 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 262DEG 51KT 3749 8217

$$

PELTON
495 
WWUS53 KJKL 042256
SVSJKL

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

KYC195-042315-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110404T2315Z/
PIKE KY-
656 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY
UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JAMBOREE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GILBERT
CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODMAN.

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 3741 8213 3740 8219 3752 8217 3760 8214
      3759 8213 3756 8213 3756 8208 3754 8206
      3756 8204 3754 8203 3755 8197 3753 8196
      3752 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 262DEG 51KT 3749 8208

$$

PELTON
628 
WWUS53 KJKL 042307
SVSJKL

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

KYC195-042317-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110404T2315Z/
PIKE KY-
707 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

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

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

LAT...LON 3741 8213 3740 8219 3752 8217 3760 8214
      3759 8213 3756 8213 3756 8208 3754 8206
      3756 8204 3754 8203 3755 8197 3753 8196
      3752 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 262DEG 51KT 3751 8188

$$

PELTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 8:06 PM EDTWind AdvisoryJKLBath, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming and 23 more23 hr
Apr 4, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan41 min
Apr 4, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike37 min
Apr 4, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell49 min
Apr 4, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Pulaski, Wayne44 min
Apr 4, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle43 min
Apr 4, 4:34 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLaurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle26 min
Apr 4, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 2 more51 min
Apr 4, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Pulaski, Rockcastle49 min
Apr 4, 4:41 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell, Knox, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley34 min
Apr 4, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more51 min
Apr 4, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Pulaski, Rockcastle35 min
Apr 4, 4:58 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay, Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle47 min
Apr 4, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe27 min
Apr 4, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley46 min
Apr 4, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 1 more53 min
Apr 4, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Knott, Leslie, Owsley, Perry43 min
Apr 4, 5:35 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLKnott, Leslie, Perry40 min
Apr 4, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, Wolfe50 min
Apr 4, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 2 more59 min
Apr 4, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike42 min
Apr 4, 6:08 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Pike52 min
Apr 4, 6:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd, Johnson, Martin2 hr
Apr 4, 6:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLPulaski, Rockcastle119 min
Apr 4, 6:16 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Martin, Pike44 min
Apr 4, 6:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more94 min
Apr 4, 6:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPulaski82 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.