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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

April 9, 20115 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2011, 3:26 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min. 3 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, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bell County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Perry County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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, 3:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Harlan, KY	UNCONFIRMED TORNADO. TREES DOWN...ROOFS BLOWN OFF INCLUDING A SMALL SUPERMARKET.
Apr 9, 3:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 68	2 Wnw Harlan, KY	FROM HARLAN AWOS.
Apr 9, 3:45 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Wallins Creek, KY

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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 291 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.

131 
WFUS53 KJKL 091926
TORJKL
KYC013-095-131-133-193-092000-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0021.110409T1926Z-110409T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN LESLIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN LETCHER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SANDY FORK...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  HARLAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TREMONT...KERR...BLEDSOE AND LONGTON AROUND 335 PM EDT.
  BAXTER...GATUN...LOYALL AND HARLAN AROUND 340 PM EDT.
  REX...CLOVERTOWN...KITTS AND HARLAN GAS AROUND 345 PM EDT.
  TEN SPOT...VERDA AND MARY HELEN AROUND 350 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE DILLON.

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 3685 8363 3709 8329 3702 8279 3698 8286
      3693 8285 3687 8292 3686 8295 3685 8306
      3682 8310 3678 8313 3676 8313 3674 8315
      3673 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 291DEG 37KT 3692 8351

$$

ABE

2 follow-up statements

194 
WWUS53 KJKL 091943
SVSJKL

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

KYC131-193-091953-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110409T2000Z/
PERRY KY-LESLIE KY-
343 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LESLIE AND SOUTHEASTERN PERRY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3685 8363 3691 8350 3689 8347 3689 8341
      3693 8340 3697 8326 3703 8318 3700 8311
      3704 8305 3706 8307 3702 8280 3698 8286
      3693 8285 3687 8291 3685 8306 3676 8313
      3674 8317 3673 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 291DEG 37KT 3686 8331

$$

KYC013-095-133-092000-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110409T2000Z/
LETCHER KY-HARLAN KY-BELL KY-
343 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN BELL...HARLAN
AND SOUTHWESTERN LETCHER COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BAXTER...OR NEAR HARLAN...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TEN SPOT...VERDA...MARY HELEN AND POPEVILLE AROUND 350 PM EDT.
  BLACK MOUNTAIN...KENVIR...REDBUD AND CRANKS AROUND 355 PM EDT.
  GEORGETOWN...CLOVER-DARBY...RUTHERFORD AND RILEYVILLE AROUND 400 PM
  EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE DILLON.

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 3685 8363 3691 8350 3689 8347 3689 8341
      3693 8340 3697 8326 3703 8318 3700 8311
      3704 8305 3706 8307 3702 8280 3698 8286
      3693 8285 3687 8291 3685 8306 3676 8313
      3674 8317 3673 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 291DEG 37KT 3686 8331

$$

ABE

019 
WWUS53 KJKL 091959
SVSJKL

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

KYC013-095-133-092010-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110409T2000Z/
LETCHER KY-HARLAN KY-BELL KY-
359 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BELL...HARLAN AND
SOUTHWESTERN LETCHER COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

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

LAT...LON 3685 8363 3691 8350 3689 8347 3689 8341
      3693 8340 3697 8326 3703 8318 3700 8311
      3704 8305 3706 8307 3702 8280 3698 8286
      3693 8285 3687 8291 3685 8306 3676 8313
      3674 8317 3673 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 291DEG 37KT 3680 8311

$$

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, 2:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan	33 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, 3:30 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.