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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Jackson, KY

April 27, 2011Bell County, Harlan County, Leslie County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 7:07 PM EDT for Bell County, Harlan County, Leslie County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min. 8 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, 7:07 PM EDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bell County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Leslie County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 7:42 PM EDTHAIL 1Loyall, KYQUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORECEMENT.
Apr 27, 7:45 PM EDTHAIL 1Harlan, KY
Apr 27, 7:46 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 60Loyall, KYWIND GUSTS ESTIMATED UP TO 60 MPH.
Apr 27, 7:49 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEvarts, KYA TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED THAT SEVERAL 3-5 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS WERE BLOWN FROM TREES IN EVARTS. SOME SHINGLES WERE ALSO BLOWN OFF OF HIS HOME WHILE THE STORM PASSED. THE SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED SEEING A WALL CLOUD ON THE SOUTHWEST FLANK OF THE STORM.
Apr 27, 7:49 PM EDTHAIL 1Evarts, KYQUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN EVARTS.
Apr 27, 7:50 PM EDTHAIL 1Harlan, KY
Apr 27, 7:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBledsoe, KYTREE ACROSS ROAD.
Apr 27, 7:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEvarts, KYMUDSLIDE WITH TREES BLOCKING KY38.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 27, 5:44 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 290 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -84 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

384 
WFUS53 KJKL 272307
TORJKL
KYC013-095-131-272345-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0030.110427T2307Z-110427T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN LESLIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 704 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DAVISBURG...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MIDDLESBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PINEVILLE...HARLAN...FERNDALE...WALLSEND...WASIOTO...EAST
  PINEVILLE...HUTCH...STRAIGHT CREEK...CARY...CALVIN...BLANCHE...
  ARJAY...VARILLA...RELLA...KETTLE ISLAND...MIRACLE...OAKS...
  CALLAWAY...BALKAN AND CUBAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3659 8380 3679 8379 3708 8325 3685 8306
      3678 8313 3676 8313 3674 8315 3670 8337
      3667 8342 3666 8354 3662 8367 3659 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 253DEG 59KT 3668 8372

$$

ABE
2 follow-up statements
753 
WWUS53 KJKL 272325
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
725 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

KYC013-095-131-272345-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110427T2345Z/
LESLIE KY-HARLAN KY-BELL KY-
725 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BELL...HARLAN AND
SOUTHEASTERN LESLIE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 723 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.  THESE 
DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SANDY FORK 
TO BALKAN TO HUTCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH 
THESES STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARLAN...CUBAGE...SANDY FORK...MOLUS...INSULL...TACKY TOWN...
  LAYMAN...SAYLOR...COLDIRON...PATHFORK...SPRUCE PINE...WALLINS
  CREEK...KERR...LONGTON...SOUTH WALLINS...ALVA...TREMONT...
  KENTENIA...LOW AND MOZELLE.

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 8380 3679 8379 3708 8325 3685 8306
      3678 8313 3676 8313 3674 8315 3670 8337
      3667 8342 3666 8354 3662 8367 3659 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 241DEG 52KT 3692 8351 3678 8350
          3663 8355

$$

PELTON
277 
WWUS53 KJKL 272337
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
737 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

KYC013-095-131-272345-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110427T2345Z/
LESLIE KY-HARLAN KY-BELL KY-
737 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BELL...HARLAN AND
SOUTHEASTERN LESLIE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 732 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALVA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARLAN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESES STORMS.


LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARLAN...ELCOMB...KEITH...RIO VISTA...SPRUCE PINE...COBURN...THREE
  POINT...GRAYS KNOB...LOYALL...TWAY...SUNSHINE...DRESSEN...
  FLAGLER...FARMERS MILL...LENARVE...BAXTER...MERNA...BOBS CREEK...
  CHEVROLET AND HARLAN GAS.

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 8380 3679 8379 3708 8325 3685 8306
      3678 8313 3676 8313 3674 8315 3670 8337
      3667 8342 3666 8354 3662 8367 3659 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 227DEG 51KT 3679 8333

$$
PELTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 8:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski, Wayne33 min
Apr 27, 8:36 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLWayne24 min
Apr 27, 8:53 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLPulaski, Wayne38 min
Apr 27, 9:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle44 min
Apr 27, 9:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, McCreary, Whitley51 min
Apr 27, 10:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel43 min
Apr 27, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley37 min
Apr 27, 5:44 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley46 min
Apr 27, 6:37 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley38 min
Apr 27, 7:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley6 hr
Apr 27, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley38 min
Apr 27, 7:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Clay, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Knox and 13 more6 hr
Apr 27, 7:42 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry48 min
Apr 27, 7:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLKnox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley6 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.