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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Jackson, KY

April 27, 2011Wayne County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 8:36 AM EDT for Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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 27, 2011, 8:36 AM EDT (12:36 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2011, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:39 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 27, 8:45 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Monticello, KY	TREES DOWN ON HOLLOW ROAD.
Apr 27, 8:47 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Se Monticello, KY	TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 200 AT FLAT SPRINGS.
Apr 27, 8:47 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 N Monticello, KY	TREE DOWN ON HOUSE ON HIGHWAY 2393.

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 27, 8:34 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -38 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.

975 
WFUS53 KJKL 271236
TORJKL
KYC231-271300-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0026.110427T1236Z-110427T1300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
836 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 900 AM EDT

* AT 833 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SUNNYBROOK...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  ALBANY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MONTICELLO...POWERSBURG...SLICKFORD...HIDALGO...ZULA...MOUNT
  PISGAH...SUSIE...COOPER...BURFIELD...OIL VALLEY...ROCKEYBRANCH...
  BARRIER...COOPERSVILLE...STEUBENVILLE...GREGORY...DENNEY...
  BETSEY...MILL SPRINGS AND DELTA.

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 3661 8497 3662 8499 3663 8501 3667 8501
      3670 8503 3676 8502 3698 8485 3687 8459
      3660 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 1236Z 220DEG 56KT 3667 8496

$$

ABE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 8:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	33 min
Apr 27, 8:53 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	38 min
Apr 27, 9:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	44 min
Apr 27, 9:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Whitley	51 min
Apr 27, 10:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel	43 min
Apr 27, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley	37 min
Apr 27, 5:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley	46 min
Apr 27, 6:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley	38 min
Apr 27, 7:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley	6 hr
Apr 27, 7:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Leslie	38 min
Apr 27, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	38 min
Apr 27, 7:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Clay, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Knox and 13 more	6 hr
Apr 27, 7:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	48 min
Apr 27, 7:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley	6 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.