Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2011, 8:01 PM EDT for Bath County, Menifee County, Montgomery County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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 22, 2011, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2011, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bath County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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 22, 8:13 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Wsw Sideview, KY | |
| Apr 22, 8:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Nnw Mount Sterling, KY | 40 MPH WIMDS ALSO REPORTED. |
| Apr 22, 8:24 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Mount Sterling, KY | A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED ALONG WINCHESTER ROAD IN MOUNT STERLING. |
| Apr 22, 8:30 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Mount Sterling, KY | FUNNEL CLOUD LOOKING TO THE SOUTH. DID NOT TOUCH DOWN. |
| Apr 22, 8:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 1 S Owingsville, KY | SMALL HAIL REPORTED BY FIRE CHIEF. |
| Apr 22, 8:37 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Owingsville, KY | QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON HWY 36 JUST SOUTH OF OWINGSVILLE. |
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 22, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KJKL 230001
TORJKL
KYC011-165-173-230030-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0023.110423T0001Z-110423T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
801 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
WEST CENTRAL MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 756 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR WINCHESTER. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR
SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WADES MILL AND KLONDIKE AROUND 810 PM EDT.
MOUNT STERLING AND STOOPS AROUND 815 PM EDT.
HOWARDS MILL AND UPPER SPENCER AROUND 820 PM EDT.
AND CROOKS AND PRESTON AROUND 825 PM EDT.
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 3819 8368 3796 8365 3797 8401 3810 8409
3812 8409 3813 8408
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 265DEG 43KT 3804 8418
$$
RICHEY1 follow-up statement
415
WWUS53 KJKL 230017
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
817 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011
KYC011-165-173-230030-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110423T0030Z/
BATH KY-MONTGOMERY KY-MENIFEE KY-
817 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MENIFEE...
MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHWESTERN BATH COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT...
AT 813 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT STERLING...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
IN ADDITION...AT 813 PM EDT...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 1 MILE
SOUTHWEST OF SIDEVIEW WITH THIS STORM.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MOUNT STERLING...JUDY AND LEVEE AROUND 820 PM EDT.
EWINGTON...STOOPS...GATEWOODS STATION AND COONS STATION AROUND 825
PM EDT.
STEPSTONE...FLAT CREEK...HOWARDS MILL AND KENDALL SPRINGS AROUND
830 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3819 8368 3796 8365 3797 8401 3810 8409
3812 8409 3813 8408
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 259DEG 31KT 3808 8401
$$
KASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 6:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 7:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 35 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 4:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 3 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.