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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Jackson, KY

April 27, 2011Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 8:53 AM EDT for Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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, 8:53 AM EDT (12:53 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2011, 9:31 AM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:55 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, 9:06 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Science Hill, KY	TREE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 1247.

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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.

249 
WFUS53 KJKL 271253
TORJKL
KYC199-231-271345-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0027.110427T1253Z-110427T1345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 AM EDT

* AT 851 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STEUBENVILLE...OR NEAR MONTICELLO...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SOMERSET...BETSEY...MILL SPRINGS...DELTA...KIDDER...FRAZER...
  NAOMI...TRIMBLE...FAUBUSH...QUINTON...GENERAL BURNSIDE S.P....
  TATEVILLE...BRONSTON...SLOANS VALLEY...NANCY...BURNSIDE...PULASKI
  COUNTY PARK...MAGNUM...POINTER AND SOMERSET PULASKI AIRPORT.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3698 8489 3700 8486 3701 8488 3703 8488
      3719 8483 3736 8457 3736 8456 3716 8430
      3680 8468 3691 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1254Z 216DEG 56KT 3689 8477

$$

ABE

2 follow-up statements

637 
WWUS53 KJKL 271316
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
916 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

KYC231-271325-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110427T1345Z/
WAYNE KY-
916 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3695 8454 3706 8470 3711 8467 3721 8463
      3736 8457 3736 8456 3716 8430
TIME...MOT...LOC 1315Z 216DEG 56KT 3716 8453

$$

KYC199-271345-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110427T1345Z/
PULASKI KY-
916 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PULASKI COUNTY
UNTIL 945 AM EDT...

AT 913 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DABNEY...OR NEAR SOMERSET...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHOPVILLE...BOBTOWN...VALLEY OAK...WOODSTOCK AND BANDY.

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 3695 8454 3706 8470 3711 8467 3721 8463
      3736 8457 3736 8456 3716 8430
TIME...MOT...LOC 1315Z 216DEG 56KT 3716 8453

$$

SHALLENBERGER

850 
WWUS53 KJKL 271331
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
931 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

KYC199-271340-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110427T1345Z/
PULASKI KY-
931 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM.

LAT...LON 3695 8454 3706 8470 3711 8467 3721 8463
      3736 8457 3736 8456 3716 8430
TIME...MOT...LOC 1330Z 216DEG 56KT 3735 8435

$$

SHALLENBERGER

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, 8:36 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Wayne	24 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.