Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2011, 5:46 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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
- Mar 23, 2011, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pulaski County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 5:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 S Eubank, KY | |
| Mar 23, 5:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Science Hill, KY | NICKEL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT LOCAL CHURCH. |
| Mar 23, 6:08 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Science Hill, KY | EVENT TIME WAS CORRECTED. HAIL OCCURRED AROUND 610 PM. |
| Mar 23, 6:11 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ne Somerset, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
724
WFUS53 KJKL 232146
TORJKL
KYC199-232215-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0005.110323T2146Z-110323T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
546 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAGNUM...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SOMERSET...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOGUE...PULASKI...SCIENCE HILL...DABNEY...BOBTOWN...WOODSTOCK...
SHOPVILLE...VALLEY OAK AND BENT.
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 3717 8485 3726 8473 3726 8442 3711 8441
3710 8486 3716 8487
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 269DEG 45KT 3717 8477
$$
GEOGERIAN2 follow-up statements
837 WWUS53 KJKL 232158 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 558 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 KYC199-232215- /O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110323T2215Z/ PULASKI KY- 558 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM EDT... AT 554 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOGUE...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DABNEY...BOBTOWN...SHOPVILLE...VALLEY OAK AND BENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3726 8473 3726 8442 3711 8441 3710 8480 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 267DEG 37KT 3718 8464 $$ DUSTY
423 WWUS53 KJKL 232215 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 615 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 KYC199-232224- /O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110323T2215Z/ PULASKI KY- 615 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY HAS BEEN REISSUED... PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION...HOWEVER LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT. LAT...LON 3726 8473 3726 8442 3711 8441 3710 8480 TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 267DEG 37KT 3719 8443 $$ DUSTY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 2 more | 37 min |
| Mar 23, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 5:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 23, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Wolfe | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 6:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin and 3 more | 28 min |
| Mar 23, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Leslie, Owsley, Perry | 24 min |
| Mar 23, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan, Leslie | 73 min |
| Mar 23, 7:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 1 more | 63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.