Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2011, 8:29 PM EDT for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min. 4 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, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bath County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Rowan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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, 8:30 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. |
| Apr 22, 8:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Salt Lick, 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 22, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.
703 WFUS53 KJKL 230029 TORJKL KYC011-069-165-173-175-205-230100- /O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0024.110423T0029Z-110423T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 829 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHEASTERN MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 821 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR MOUNT STERLING. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL HAS ALSO OCCURRED WITH THIS STORM. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... KENDALL SPRINGS AND BOURBON FURNACE AROUND 835 PM EDT. MARSHALL AND OLYMPIA SPRINGS AROUND 840 PM EDT. MIDLAND AND RAMEY AROUND 845 PM EDT. AND FARMERS AND FREESTONE AROUND 850 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE SALT LICK AND LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS. 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 3827 8333 3801 8330 3802 8398 3816 8400 TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 265DEG 43KT 3809 8388 $$ RICHEY
2 follow-up statements
283 WWUS53 KJKL 230043 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 843 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011 KYC173-230052- /O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110423T0100Z/ MONTGOMERY KY- 843 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3816 8378 3827 8333 3801 8330 3802 8374 TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 265DEG 43KT 3811 8364 $$ KYC011-069-165-175-205-230100- /O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110423T0100Z/ FLEMING KY-ROWAN KY-BATH KY-MORGAN KY-MENIFEE KY- 843 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MENIFEE... NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...SOUTHEASTERN BATH...SOUTHERN ROWAN AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL FLEMING COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 830 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR MOUNT STERLING. THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED NEAR OWINGSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THE DEVELOPING TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... COGSWELL...FARMERS...FREESTONE AND BLUESTONE AROUND 850 PM EDT. PELFREY...LICK FORK...CRIX AND BRANDY AROUND 855 PM EDT. HAMM...CRANEY...CHRISTY AND LEISURE AROUND 900 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS. 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 3816 8378 3827 8333 3801 8330 3802 8374 TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 265DEG 43KT 3811 8364 $$ KAS
288 WWUS53 KJKL 230100 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 900 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011 KYC011-069-165-175-205-230110- /O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110423T0100Z/ FLEMING KY-ROWAN KY-BATH KY-MORGAN KY-MENIFEE KY- 900 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MENIFEE...NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...SOUTHEASTERN BATH...SOUTHERN ROWAN AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL FLEMING COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT. LAT...LON 3816 8378 3827 8333 3801 8330 3802 8374 TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 265DEG 43KT 3813 8337 $$ KAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery | 29 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.