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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Jackson, KY
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 6:11 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ne Somerset, KY | |
| Mar 23, 6:17 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Somerset, KY | EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN 602 PM AND 617 PM. |
| Mar 23, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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.
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.
| 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, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Wolfe | 25 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.