Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2011, 4:26 PM EDT for 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2011, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bath County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Rowan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 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 152026
TORJKL
KYC011-063-069-165-173-175-205-152100-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0033.110615T2026Z-110615T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
426 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN ELLIOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF TORNADOES IN ADDITION
TO WIDESPREAD STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SLATE VALLEY TO OWINGSVILLE TO
COONS STATION...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOREHEAD...CROOKS...MARSHALL...WALKERS CROSSING...POLKSVILLE...
OLYMPIA...HOPE...MOORE'S FERRY...RAMEY...SHARKEY...OLYMPIA
SPRINGS...MIDLAND...FARMERS...FREESTONE...BLUESTONE...YOUNG
SPRINGS...SUDITH...MUNSON...BRANDY AND CLEARFIELD.
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 3825 8316 3810 8325 3795 8344 3803 8397
3813 8383 3823 8376 3824 8330 3823 8330
3820 8326 3822 8323 3824 8321
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 273DEG 40KT 3819 8366 3813 8370
3804 8382
$$
PELTON3 follow-up statements
178
WWUS53 KJKL 152040
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
440 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
KYC069-152049-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110615T2100Z/
FLEMING KY-
440 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL FLEMING COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3825 8316 3810 8325 3795 8344 3801 8386
3812 8374 3816 8368 3820 8360 3823 8348
3823 8347 3824 8345 3824 8330 3823 8330
3820 8326 3822 8323 3824 8321
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 300DEG 30KT 3823 8334 3813 8342
3811 8352 3809 8357 3804 8359 3799 8371
$$
KYC011-063-165-173-175-205-152100-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110615T2100Z/
ROWAN KY-BATH KY-ELLIOTT KY-MONTGOMERY KY-MORGAN KY-MENIFEE KY-
440 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MENIFEE...
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY...NORTHWESTERN
ELLIOTT...SOUTHEASTERN BATH AND SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM
EDT...
AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND BRIEF RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GATES TO BRANDY TO MIDLAND TO
YOUNG SPRINGS TO HOPE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHRISTY...SUDITH...COGSWELL...CRIX...PELFREY...LICK FORK...
RATLITT...YALE...ZILPO...VALE...ELLIOTTVILLE...HAMM...CRANEY...
WAGNER STORE...SCRANTON...BANGOR...WAGNER...BIG WOODS...MINOR AND
PARAGON.
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 3825 8316 3810 8325 3795 8344 3801 8386
3812 8374 3816 8368 3820 8360 3823 8348
3823 8347 3824 8345 3824 8330 3823 8330
3820 8326 3822 8323 3824 8321
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 300DEG 30KT 3823 8334 3813 8342
3811 8352 3809 8357 3804 8359 3799 8371
$$
PELTON772
WWUS53 KJKL 152048
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
448 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
KYC173-152057-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110615T2100Z/
MONTGOMERY KY-
448 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3825 8316 3810 8325 3795 8344 3800 8376
3807 8371 3810 8364 3813 8357 3817 8349
3817 8343 3824 8335 3824 8330 3823 8330
3820 8326 3822 8323 3824 8321
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 300DEG 30KT 3819 8327 3809 8335
3808 8345 3806 8350 3801 8352 3796 8364
$$
KYC011-063-165-175-205-152100-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110615T2100Z/
ROWAN KY-BATH KY-ELLIOTT KY-MORGAN KY-MENIFEE KY-
448 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MENIFEE...
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...NORTHWESTERN ELLIOTT...SOUTHEASTERN BATH AND
SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...
AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
AND A BRIEF TORNADO. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM VALE TO PELFREY TO COGSWELL TO YALE TO RATLITT TO
ROTHWELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAMM...WAGNER STORE...CRANEY...WAGNER...SCRANTON...BANGOR...
MINOR...FARLEY...BLAIRS MILLS...BIG WOODS...PARAGON...LEISURE...DAN
AND EBON.
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 3825 8316 3810 8325 3795 8344 3800 8376
3807 8371 3810 8364 3813 8357 3817 8349
3817 8343 3824 8335 3824 8330 3823 8330
3820 8326 3822 8323 3824 8321
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 300DEG 30KT 3819 8327 3809 8335
3808 8345 3806 8350 3801 8352 3796 8364
$$
PELTON360
WWUS53 KJKL 152053
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
453 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
KYC011-063-165-175-205-152103-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110615T2100Z/
ROWAN KY-BATH KY-ELLIOTT KY-MORGAN KY-MENIFEE KY-
453 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MENIFEE...NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...
NORTHWESTERN ELLIOTT...SOUTHEASTERN BATH AND SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM EDT...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 3825 8316 3810 8325 3795 8344 3800 8376
3807 8371 3810 8364 3813 8357 3817 8349
3817 8343 3824 8335 3824 8330 3823 8330
3820 8326 3822 8323 3824 8321
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 300DEG 30KT 3822 8316 3814 8321
3806 8330 3805 8340 3803 8345 3798 8347
3793 8359
$$
PELTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 11:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 21 min |
| Jun 15, 12:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe | 23 min |
| Jun 15, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan | 35 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.