Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 6:37 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bell County, KY, Knox County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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, 6:43 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pleasant View, KY | LIMBS...3 TO 4 INCH IN DIAMETER...BLOWN DOWN. |
| Apr 27, 6:48 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Mountain Ash, KY | |
| Apr 27, 7:02 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Fonde, 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 27, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KJKL 272237
TORJKL
KYC013-121-147-235-272315-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0029.110427T2237Z-110427T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
637 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 636 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ZION HILL...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF
WILLIAMSBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILLIAMSBURG...MIDDLESBORO...BARBOURVILLE...PINEVILLE...ZION
HILL...AYERS...JELLICO CREEK...FAIRVIEW...RED ASH...LOT...SAXTON...
MOUNTAIN ASH...BON...PLEASANT VIEW...EMLYN...PACKARD...POLLY
CAMP...WILKERSON...YADEN AND SUTTONS MILL.
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 3660 8444 3697 8389 3664 8359 3662 8367
3658 8371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 231DEG 53KT 3655 8422
$$
ABE3 follow-up statements
726
WWUS53 KJKL 272253
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
653 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
KYC147-272303-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110427T2315Z/
MCCREARY KY-
653 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCCREARY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3659 8417 3679 8409 3697 8389 3664 8359
3662 8367 3658 8371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 231DEG 53KT 3670 8399
$$
KYC013-121-235-272315-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110427T2315Z/
KNOX KY-WHITLEY KY-BELL KY-
653 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BELL...
SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY AND KNOX COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...
AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POLLY CAMP...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WILLIAMSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HUBBS...BRYANTS STORE...WARREN AND KAYJAY AROUND 700 PM EDT.
MYRICK...HIMYAR...AVIS AND TROSPER AROUND 705 PM EDT.
OLD FLAT LICK...FLAT LICK...BAUGHMAN AND FOURMILE AROUND 710 PM
EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE PROVIDENCE.
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 3659 8417 3679 8409 3697 8389 3664 8359
3662 8367 3658 8371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 231DEG 53KT 3670 8399
$$
GREIF826
WWUS53 KJKL 272304
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
704 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
KYC013-121-235-272315-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110427T2315Z/
KNOX KY-WHITLEY KY-BELL KY-
704 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BELL...
SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY AND KNOX COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...
AT 659 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRUDEN...OR 11 MILES WEST OF MIDDLESBORO...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BINGHAMTOWN...NOETOWN...MIDDLESBORO AND INGRAM AROUND 710 PM EDT.
MELDRUM...FERNDALE...CLEAR CREEK SPRINGS AND HUTCH AROUND 715 PM
EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3659 8404 3681 8402 3697 8389 3664 8359
3662 8367 3658 8371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 251DEG 42KT 3663 8385
$$
GREIF392
WWUS53 KJKL 272320
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
720 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
KYC013-121-235-272330-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110427T2315Z/
KNOX KY-WHITLEY KY-BELL KY-
720 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BELL...SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY
AND KNOX COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT.
LAT...LON 3659 8404 3681 8402 3697 8389 3664 8359
3662 8367 3658 8371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 251DEG 42KT 3663 8385
$$
GREIFThe 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, 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, 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.