Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2011, 3:30 PM EDT for Floyd County, Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 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, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Floyd County, KY, Pike County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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, 3:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Coal Run, KY | TREE DOWN ACROSS RATLIFF CREEK ROAD |
| Apr 9, 3:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Pikeville, KY | SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ACROSS THE AREA. 1 TREE DOWN JUST PAST LOOKOUT SCHOOL. ANOTHER AT THE MOUTH OF POWELLS CR. |
| Apr 9, 3:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Marrowbone, KY | LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS 195 |
| Apr 9, 3:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Fishtrap Lake, KY | *** 2 INJ *** TRAILER BLOWN OVER WITH PEOPLE INSIDE. |
| Apr 9, 3:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Pikeville, KY | TREES DOWN BLOCKING THE ROAD AT DRY FORK OF GREASY. |
| Apr 9, 3:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Marrowbone, KY | TREES BLOWN DOWN ONTO RESIDENCE ALONG ROAD CREEK RD |
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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
236
WFUS53 KJKL 091930
TORJKL
KYC071-195-092015-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0022.110409T1930Z-110409T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
330 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 328 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 BLUE MOON...OR 10 MILES WEST OF
PIKEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PIKEVILLE...BOLDMAN...GALVESTON...OSBORN...COAL RUN...ZEBULON...
SHELBIANA...CHLOE...META...GARDEN VILLAGE...RACCOON...MARROWBONE...
FISHTRAP LAKE...CANADA...KIMPER...PHYLLIS...HUDDY...MCANDREWS...
HARDY AND BIGGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3741 8213 3732 8226 3743 8276 3760 8276
3762 8217 3760 8216 3759 8213 3756 8214
3756 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 280DEG 42KT 3749 8265
$$
ABE3 follow-up statements
177
WWUS53 KJKL 091945
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
345 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
KYC071-091955-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110409T2015Z/
FLOYD KY-
345 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3741 8213 3732 8226 3740 8259 3760 8256
3762 8217 3760 8216 3759 8213 3756 8214
3756 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 280DEG 42KT 3747 8246
$$
KYC195-092015-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110409T2015Z/
PIKE KY-
345 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY UNTIL
415 PM EDT...
AT 342 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 PIKEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARROWBONE...FISHTRAP LAKE...CANADA...KIMPER...PHYLLIS...HUDDY...
MCANDREWS...HARDY...BIGGS...MOUTHCARD...FEDSCREEK...TOONERVILLE...
COLEMAN...BOARD TREE...PHELPS AND JAMBOREE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3741 8213 3732 8226 3740 8259 3760 8256
3762 8217 3760 8216 3759 8213 3756 8214
3756 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 280DEG 42KT 3747 8246
$$
ABE245
WWUS53 KJKL 091952
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
352 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
KYC195-092015-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110409T2015Z/
PIKE KY-
352 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PIKE COUNTY UNTIL
415 PM EDT...
AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR FISHTRAP LAKE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIKEVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BIGGS...MOUTHCARD...FEDSCREEK...TOONERVILLE...COLEMAN...BOARD
TREE...PHELPS AND JAMBOREE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3741 8213 3732 8226 3737 8245 3753 8239
3762 8217 3760 8216 3759 8213 3756 8214
3756 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 284DEG 46KT 3740 8230
$$
ABE169
WWUS53 KJKL 092009
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
409 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
KYC195-092019-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110409T2015Z/
PIKE KY-
409 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN PIKE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM
EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3741 8213 3732 8226 3737 8245 3753 8239
3762 8217 3760 8216 3759 8213 3756 8214
3756 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 284DEG 46KT 3734 8204
$$
ABEThe 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, 3:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 34 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 |
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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.