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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jackson, KY

April 4, 20115 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2011, 4:58 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 47 min. 11 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: Apr 4, 2011, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 4, 5:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Nw London, KY	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN NEAR HAWK CREEK
Apr 4, 5:02 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W London, KY	POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN ON COUNTY FARM ROAD.
Apr 4, 5:04 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 N London, KY	TRAMPOLINE BLOWN INTO POWERLINES.
Apr 4, 5:04 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 S London, KY	TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON TOPTON ROAD.
Apr 4, 5:04 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	London, KY	TREE FELL ON VEHICLE.
Apr 4, 5:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lily, KY	POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN ON VAN ZANT ROAD.
Apr 4, 5:06 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Se London, KY	PART OF BUILDING BLOWN OFF.
Apr 4, 5:06 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	London, KY	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON PARKER ROAD. POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD IN AREA.
Apr 4, 5:08 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 58	London, KY
Apr 4, 5:17 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	London, KY	FUNNEL CLOUD WAS TRAVELING NORTHEAST.
Apr 4, 5:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Manchester, KY	LARGE FAST FOOD SIGNS BLOWN AWAY ON HAL ROGERS PARKWAY.

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
Apr 4, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 255 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -333 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 324 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 410 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

991 
WFUS53 KJKL 042058
TORJKL
KYC051-121-125-199-203-042145-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0009.110404T2058Z-110404T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
458 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  LAUREL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ROCKCASTLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
  KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUNCH...OR 10 MILES WEST OF LONDON...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LONDON...MAPLESVILLE...PITTSBURG AND SUBLIMITY CITY AROUND 505 PM
  EDT.
  DEER LICK...PORTERSBURG...MARYDELL AND LANGNAU AROUND 510 PM EDT.
  HOOKER...URBAN...BYRON AND PIGEONROOST AROUND 515 PM EDT.
  MANCHESTER...LITTLETON AND HORSE CREEK JUNCTION AROUND 520 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE ADD.

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.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 3698 8432 3721 8434 3727 8355 3724 8351
      3723 8353 3722 8351 3717 8355 3713 8355
      3711 8354 3709 8355 3708 8354 3705 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 266DEG 57KT 3713 8420

$$

GREIF

4 follow-up statements

251 
WWUS53 KJKL 042109
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
509 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

KYC199-203-042119-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110404T2145Z/
ROCKCASTLE KY-PULASKI KY-
509 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PULASKI AND EXTREME
SOUTH CENTRAL ROCKCASTLE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3701 8409 3723 8407 3727 8355 3724 8351
      3723 8353 3722 8351 3717 8355 3713 8355
      3711 8354 3709 8355 3706 8355 3705 8356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 266DEG 57KT 3714 8398

$$

KYC051-121-125-042145-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110404T2145Z/
CLAY KY-LAUREL KY-KNOX KY-
509 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL
KNOX...EASTERN LAUREL AND CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAPLESVILLE...OR NEAR LONDON...MOVING EAST AT
65 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MANCHESTER...TUTTLE...CRAWFORD...DEER LICK...LIDA...CANE CREEK...
  PORTERSBURG...LARUE...BENGE...MARYDELL...BLACKWATER...SASSER...
  FOGERTOWN...LAKE...BYRON...BUSH...GRACE...URBAN...HOOKER AND
  SIDELL.

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 3701 8409 3723 8407 3727 8355 3724 8351
      3723 8353 3722 8351 3717 8355 3713 8355
      3711 8354 3709 8355 3706 8355 3705 8356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 266DEG 57KT 3714 8398

$$

ABE

459 
WWUS53 KJKL 042122
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
522 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

KYC051-121-125-042145-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110404T2145Z/
CLAY KY-LAUREL KY-KNOX KY-
522 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL
KNOX...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LAUREL AND CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL
545 PM EDT...

AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIGEONROOST...OR NEAR MANCHESTER...MOVING EAST
AT 65 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GOOSE ROCK...WILD CAT...BOTTO...LIPPS...HENSLEY...HECTOR...PLANK...
  SETH...BARCREEK...SPURLOCK...PEABODY...ENLINE...BIG CREEK...
  BRUTUS...MARCUM...CREEKVILLE...JACKS CREEK AND PANCO.

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 3724 8392 3727 8355 3724 8351 3723 8353
      3722 8351 3717 8355 3710 8355 3706 8355
      3705 8356 3702 8392 3702 8395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 266DEG 57KT 3710 8372

$$

PELTON

267 
WWUS53 KJKL 042135
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
535 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

KYC121-125-042145-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110404T2145Z/
LAUREL KY-KNOX KY-
535 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL KNOX AND EXTREME
EAST CENTRAL LAUREL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3705 8369 3705 8368 3725 8377 3727 8355
      3724 8351 3723 8353 3722 8351 3717 8355
      3708 8356 3706 8355 3705 8356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 258DEG 73KT 3718 8349

$$

KYC051-042145-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110404T2145Z/
CLAY KY-
535 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CLAY COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM EDT...

AT 530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PEABODY...OR 8 MILES EAST OF MANCHESTER...
MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

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 3705 8369 3705 8368 3725 8377 3727 8355
      3724 8351 3723 8353 3722 8351 3717 8355
      3708 8356 3706 8355 3705 8356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 258DEG 73KT 3718 8349

$$

PELTON

816 
WWUS53 KJKL 042146
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
546 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

KYC051-042156-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110404T2145Z/
CLAY KY-
546 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CLAY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

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

LAT...LON 3705 8369 3705 8368 3725 8377 3727 8355
      3724 8351 3723 8353 3722 8351 3717 8355
      3708 8356 3706 8355 3705 8356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 258DEG 73KT 3717 8349

$$

PELTON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 8:06 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	JKL	Bath, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming and 23 more	23 hr
Apr 4, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	41 min
Apr 4, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike	37 min
Apr 4, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell	49 min
Apr 4, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	44 min
Apr 4, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	43 min
Apr 4, 4:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	26 min
Apr 4, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 2 more	51 min
Apr 4, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Pulaski, Rockcastle	49 min
Apr 4, 4:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley	34 min
Apr 4, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more	51 min
Apr 4, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Pulaski, Rockcastle	35 min
Apr 4, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe	27 min
Apr 4, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	46 min
Apr 4, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 1 more	53 min
Apr 4, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Leslie, Owsley, Perry	43 min
Apr 4, 5:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Knott, Leslie, Perry	40 min
Apr 4, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, Wolfe	50 min
Apr 4, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 2 more	59 min
Apr 4, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike	42 min
Apr 4, 6:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Pike	52 min
Apr 4, 6:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Martin	2 hr
Apr 4, 6:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pulaski, Rockcastle	119 min
Apr 4, 6:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Martin, Pike	44 min
Apr 4, 6:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more	94 min
Apr 4, 6:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Pike	36 min
Apr 4, 6:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Pulaski	82 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.