Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 7:08 AM EST for Powell County, Wolfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 22 min. 5 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
- Feb 28, 2011, 7:08 AM EST (12:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 7:30 AM EST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Powell County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 7:25 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Rogers, KY | TREE OF GREATER THAN 12 INCH DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN ONTO POWER LINES BLOCKING HIGHWAY 715 JUST SOUTH OF ROGERS. |
| Feb 28, 7:30 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Toliver, KY | TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON HWY 1010 IN TOLIVER. |
| Feb 28, 7:30 AM EST | HAIL 1 | Campton, KY | |
| Feb 28, 7:33 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Landsaw, KY | SEVERAL HOUSES ALONG LANDSAW ROAD WITH TIN ROOFING DAMAGED. ALSO SEVERAL TREES KNOCKED OVER FROM THUNDERSTORM WINDS ALONG THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY |
| Feb 28, 7:35 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Calaboose, KY | POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED IN CALABOOSE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 5:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
774
WFUS53 KJKL 281208
TORJKL
KYC197-237-281230-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0002.110228T1208Z-110228T1230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
708 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN POWELL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
WESTERN WOLFE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 730 AM EST
* AT 705 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VAUGHNS MILL...OR NEAR STANTON...AND MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAMPTON...ROGERS CHAPEL...LOMBARD...SEE...NADA...SLADE...NATURAL
BRIDGE S.P....GLENCAIRN...KOOMER RIDGE CAMPGROUND...JENSON...
ROGERS...RED RIVER GORGE...PINE RIDGE...HIGH FALLS...CALABOOSE...
VORTEX...GOSNEYVILLE...STILLWATER...BAPTIST AND TOLIVER.
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 3783 8365 3782 8364 3783 8361 3782 8360
3782 8357 3783 8354 3782 8341 3767 8347
3775 8378 3776 8379 3778 8390 3784 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1208Z 279DEG 48KT 3781 8382
$$1 follow-up statement
834
WWUS53 KJKL 281223
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
723 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
KYC197-237-281230-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110228T1230Z/
POWELL KY-WOLFE KY-
723 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WOLFE AND
SOUTHEASTERN POWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM EST...
AT 718 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NATURAL BRIDGE STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH. CAMPTON IS DIRECTLY IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAMPTON...HIGH FALLS...CALABOOSE...GOSNEYVILLE...BAPTIST...
STILLWATER...VORTEX...LANDSAW...TRENT AND TOLIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3783 8365 3782 8364 3783 8361 3782 8360
3782 8357 3783 8354 3782 8341 3767 8347
3775 8378 3776 8379 3778 8390 3784 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1223Z 288DEG 38KT 3776 8360
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 6:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Rowan | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 6:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 6:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 24 min |
| Feb 28, 7:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Estill, Jackson, Johnson, Lee and 8 more | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 7:30 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 7:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Owsley, Pulaski and 3 more | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 7:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin and 4 more | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 8:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 8:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike | 47 min |
| Feb 28, 9:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Leslie and 4 more | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 9:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 16 min |
| Feb 28, 11:38 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Jackson, Knox and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:00 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:17 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:53 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 47 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:47 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan, Letcher | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:12 PM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Knox | 21 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:12 PM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Whitley | 42 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:19 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay | 15 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:34 PM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Estill | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.