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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Jackson, KY

April 9, 20114 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2011, 2:27 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min. 6 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 9, 2011, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Floyd County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Morgan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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 9, 2:27 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Netty, KY	TREES AND DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY WERE REPORTED ON KY 2022 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 2.
Apr 9, 2:31 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Gifford, KY	TREES DOWN AND DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY WERE REPORTED ON KY 2019 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.
Apr 9, 2:37 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Leatha, KY	TREES DOWN AND DEBRIS IN ROADWAY WERE REPORTED ON KY1081 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 9.
Apr 9, 2:40 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	6 N Paintsville, KY	SPOTTER RELAYED THRU EM. FUNNEL CLOUD WAS NEAR HWY201 OFF OF 1559.
Apr 9, 3:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nne Salyersville, KY	MAGOFFIN EM REPORTS A TRAILER WAS BLOWN OVER OFF OF RT 3334 NEAR 1081
Apr 9, 3:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nne Salyersville, KY	MAGOFFIN COUNTY EM REPORTS A TRAILER WAS BLOWN OVER OFF OF RT 3334 NEAR HWY 1081.

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 9, 12:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Apr 9, 2:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 257 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.

722 
WFUS53 KJKL 091827
TORJKL
KYC071-115-153-175-091900-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0017.110409T1827Z-110409T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
227 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED
  TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLLIDAY...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  WEST LIBERTY...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SALYERSVILLE...PAINTSVILLE...OVA...FLORRESS...KERNIE...STELLA...
  MATTHEW...PATTON...WONNIE...BLOOMINGTON...ELSIE...GULLETT...
  CISCO...GIFFORD...ORIENT...LOGVILLE...HALEBURG...MAGGARD...PLUTARCH
  AND DINGUS.

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 3797 8282 3794 8279 3793 8276 3792 8274
      3772 8273 3773 8328 3786 8331 3798 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 268DEG 43KT 3780 8319

$$

ABE

2 follow-up statements

003 
WWUS53 KJKL 091845
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
245 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

KYC071-115-153-175-091900-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110409T1900Z/
MORGAN KY-JOHNSON KY-MAGOFFIN KY-FLOYD KY-
245 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL
FLOYD...NORTH CENTRAL MAGOFFIN...JOHNSON AND EAST CENTRAL MORGAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 242 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 OIL SPRINGS...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALYERSVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PAINTSVILLE...DOBSON...FLATGAP...BARNETTS CREEK...LEANDER...
  PATRICK...DENVER...WINIFRED...STAFFORDSVILLE...FITZ...KERZ...
  BLAIR...COLLISTA...SIP...CHANDLERVILLE...GALEN...EAST POINT...
  WITTENSVILLE...STAMBAUGH AND HAGERHILL.

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 3773 8307 3793 8304 3798 8286 3797 8282
      3794 8279 3793 8276 3792 8274 3772 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 268DEG 43KT 3782 8291

$$

ABE

309 
WWUS53 KJKL 091857
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
257 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

KYC071-115-153-175-091908-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110409T1900Z/
MORGAN KY-JOHNSON KY-MAGOFFIN KY-FLOYD KY-
257 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL FLOYD...NORTH
CENTRAL MAGOFFIN...JOHNSON AND EAST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 300 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3773 8307 3793 8304 3798 8286 3797 8282
      3794 8279 3793 8276 3792 8274 3772 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 268DEG 43KT 3782 8271

$$

ABE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Magoffin, Perry, Wolfe	25 min
Apr 8, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan	41 min
Apr 8, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan, Rowan	26 min
Apr 8, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan	47 min
Apr 8, 9:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 8, 9:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe	49 min
Apr 8, 9:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Martin	32 min
Apr 8, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, Pike	45 min
Apr 8, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe	42 min
Apr 8, 9:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee, Montgomery, Powell, Wolfe	50 min
Apr 8, 9:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Magoffin, Morgan	31 min
Apr 8, 10:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Montgomery and 4 more	2 hr
Apr 8, 10:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin, Pike	63 min
Apr 8, 10:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Morgan and 1 more	45 min
Apr 8, 10:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe	42 min
Apr 8, 10:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Pike	2 hr
Apr 8, 11:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Wolfe	49 min
Apr 8, 11:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike	37 min
Apr 9, 12:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Perry	42 min
Apr 9, 12:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt	103 min
Apr 9, 11:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan	46 min
Apr 9, 12:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Rowan	39 min
Apr 9, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike	46 min
Apr 9, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	50 min
Apr 9, 1:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Wolfe	31 min
Apr 9, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe	42 min
Apr 9, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Pike	40 min
Apr 9, 1:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike	28 min
Apr 9, 1:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	36 min
Apr 9, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle	47 min
Apr 9, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan	44 min
Apr 9, 2:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Elliott, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe	40 min
Apr 9, 2:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 2 more	4 hr
Apr 9, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan and 1 more	40 min
Apr 9, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	37 min
Apr 9, 2:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Pulaski	44 min
Apr 9, 2:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley	43 min
Apr 9, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	24 min
Apr 9, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Lee and 6 more	47 min
Apr 9, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 1 more	32 min
Apr 9, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Leslie, Owsley, Perry	29 min
Apr 9, 3:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Pike	4 hr
Apr 9, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Whitley	50 min
Apr 9, 3:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin and 3 more	109 min
Apr 9, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin and 3 more	46 min
Apr 9, 3:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry, Pike	39 min
Apr 9, 3:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	34 min
Apr 9, 3:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Floyd, Pike	45 min
Apr 9, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan	18 min
Apr 9, 4:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt	3 hr
Apr 9, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Leslie	47 min
Apr 9, 5:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 3 more	2 hr
Apr 9, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	35 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.