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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Jackson, KY

March 23, 2011Laurel County, Pulaski County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2011, 6:04 PM EDT for Laurel County, Pulaski County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 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
Mar 23, 2011, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Laurel County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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
Mar 23, 6:11 PM EDTHAIL 15 Ne Somerset, KY
Mar 23, 6:17 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Somerset, KYEVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN 602 PM AND 617 PM.
Mar 23, 6:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.882 Ene Bunch, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 23, 1:13 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 2011-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 301 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

517 
WFUS53 KJKL 232204
TORJKL
KYC125-199-203-232230-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0006.110323T2204Z-110323T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
604 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL LAUREL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ROCKCASTLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
  KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOMERSET...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUTH...VALLEY OAK...SHOPVILLE...GRADE...BENT...DYKES...MOUNT
  VICTORY...BILLOWS...ROCKCASTLE SPRINGS...BUNCH AND BERNSTADT.

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 3716 8417 3701 8420 3705 8467 3721 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 282DEG 38KT 3710 8459

$$

GEOGERIAN
2 follow-up statements
325 
WWUS53 KJKL 232212
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
612 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

KYC125-199-203-232230-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110323T2230Z/
ROCKCASTLE KY-PULASKI KY-LAUREL KY-
612 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL LAUREL...
CENTRAL PULASKI AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ROCKCASTLE COUNTIES UNTIL
630 PM EDT...

AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUTH...OR NEAR SOMERSET...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GRADE...BENT...DYKES...MOUNT VICTORY...BILLOWS...BUNCH AND
  BERNSTADT.

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.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3716 8417 3701 8420 3705 8467 3721 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 282DEG 38KT 3708 8449

$$

DUSTY
313 
WWUS53 KJKL 232222 RRA
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
622 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

KYC125-199-203-232230-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110323T2230Z/
ROCKCASTLE KY-PULASKI KY-LAUREL KY-
622 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL LAUREL...EAST
CENTRAL PULASKI AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ROCKCASTLE COUNTIES UNTIL
630 PM EDT...

AT 619 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BENT...OR 13 MILES EAST OF SOMERSET...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BILLOWS...BUNCH AND BERNSTADT.

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.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3704 8446 3719 8443 3716 8417 3701 8420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 277DEG 44KT 3710 8434

$$

DUSTY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 2 more37 min
Mar 23, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Harlan26 min
Mar 23, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Wayne, Whitley23 min
Mar 23, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more33 min
Mar 23, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan31 min
Mar 23, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe34 min
Mar 23, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan35 min
Mar 23, 5:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Elliott, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more4 hr
Mar 23, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski, Rockcastle36 min
Mar 23, 5:46 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPulaski29 min
Mar 23, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Wolfe25 min
Mar 23, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin and 3 more28 min
Mar 23, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle32 min
Mar 23, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel, Leslie, Owsley, Perry24 min
Mar 23, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie35 min
Mar 23, 7:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLHarlan, Leslie73 min
Mar 23, 7:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 1 more63 min

Nearby

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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.