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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Jackson, KY

September 26, 2011Bath County, Fleming County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 26, 2011, 8:28 AM EDT for Bath County, Fleming County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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
Sep 26, 2011, 8:28 AM EDT (12:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2011, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bath County, KY, Fleming County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 379 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 338 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
379 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

860 
WFUS53 KJKL 261228
TORJKL
KYC011-069-261300-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0037.110926T1228Z-110926T1300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
828 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 900 AM EDT

* AT 827 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BETHEL...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  OWINGSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FLEMINGSBURG...SHERBURNE...PEBBLE...PECKS RIDGE...TILTON...
  CRAINTOWN...ELIZAVILLE...NEPTON...POPLAR PLAINS...WALLINGFORD...
  DALESBURG...MOUNT CARMEL...PLEASUREVILLE...FOXPORT AND EWING.

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 3850 8359 3846 8357 3843 8358 3843 8356
      3814 8384 3821 8396 3831 8384 3836 8388
      3835 8390 3836 8390 3837 8392 3847 8384
      3853 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 1229Z 219DEG 44KT 3827 8386

$$

PELTON
2 follow-up statements
681 
WWUS53 KJKL 261246
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
846 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

KYC011-261255-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110926T1300Z/
BATH KY-
846 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BATH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3850 8359 3846 8357 3843 8358 3843 8356
      3832 8367 3835 8375 3837 8379 3839 8381
      3841 8383 3842 8384 3843 8386 3847 8384
      3853 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 1245Z 219DEG 44KT 3841 8368

$$

KYC069-261300-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110926T1300Z/
FLEMING KY-
846 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN FLEMING COUNTY
UNTIL 900 AM EDT...

AT 844 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POPLAR PLAINS...OR NEAR FLEMINGSBURG...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WALLINGFORD...DALESBURG...MOUNT CARMEL...PLEASUREVILLE AND FOXPORT.

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 3850 8359 3846 8357 3843 8358 3843 8356
      3832 8367 3835 8375 3837 8379 3839 8381
      3841 8383 3842 8384 3843 8386 3847 8384
      3853 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 1245Z 219DEG 44KT 3841 8368

$$

JP
048 
WWUS53 KJKL 261258
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
858 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

KYC069-261308-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110926T1300Z/
FLEMING KY-
858 AM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN FLEMING COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 900
AM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 3850 8359 3846 8357 3843 8358 3843 8356
      3832 8367 3835 8375 3837 8379 3839 8381
      3841 8383 3842 8384 3843 8386 3847 8384
      3853 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 1258Z 219DEG 44KT 3852 8353

$$

PELTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 8:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan33 min
Sep 26, 9:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Rowan45 min
Sep 26, 9:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Rowan40 min
Sep 26, 11:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Owsley, Wolfe36 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.