Alert archive / Kentucky / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this wind advisory at Apr 11, 2011, 10:30 AM EDT for 19 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 11, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2011, 10:30 AM EDT (14:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
Counties Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:32 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 513 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
059 WWUS73 KJKL 111430 NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1030 AM EDT MON APR 11 2011 KYZ068-069-079-080-083>088-110-112>118-120-120000- /O.CAN.KJKL.LW.Y.0005.110411T1600Z-110412T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.WI.Y.0004.110411T1600Z-110412T0000Z/ ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX- BELL-HARLAN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE- LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET... LONDON...MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG... BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...PRESTONSBURG... JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN... WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 1030 AM EDT MON APR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER DARK TONIGHT. * THESE GUSTS WILL CAUSE A ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES AS WELL AS BLOW AROUND UNSECURED LOOSE OBJECTS. TREE LIMBS COULD ALSO BE DOWNED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KYZ044-050>052-058>060-104-106>109-111-119-120000- /O.CON.KJKL.LW.Y.0005.110411T1600Z-110412T0000Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT- MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...INEZ 1030 AM EDT MON APR 11 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER DARK TONIGHT. * THESE GUSTS WILL CAUSE A ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES AS WELL AS BLOW AROUND UNSECURED LOOSE OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ ABE
1 follow-up statement
491 WWUS73 KJKL 112230 AAA NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 630 PM EDT MON APR 11 2011 ...THE WINDS HAVE WEAKENED THIS EVENING...OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS... .THE WINDS HAVE SETTLED THROUGH THE AREA WITH THE ARRIVAL OF MORE CLOUDS AND THE APPROACH OF SUNSET. ACCORDINGLY...THE WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HIGH WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE FROM ANY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT COULD AFFECT THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL BE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. KYZ068-069-079-080-083>088-110-112>118-120-112330- /O.CAN.KJKL.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110412T0000Z/ ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX- BELL-HARLAN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE- LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET... LONDON...MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG... BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...PRESTONSBURG... JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN... WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 630 PM EDT MON APR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WITH THE APPROACH OF SUNSET AND THE INCREASE IN CLOUDS...THE WINDS HAVE SETTLED DOWN TO SOME EXTENT. EVEN SO...WINDS WILL BLOW FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM ANY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. $$ KYZ044-050>052-058>060-104-106>109-111-119-112330- /O.CAN.KJKL.LW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110412T0000Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT- MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...INEZ 630 PM EDT MON APR 11 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. WITH THE APPROACH OF SUNSET AND THE INCREASE IN CLOUDS...THE WINDS HAVE SETTLED DOWN TO SOME EXTENT. EVEN SO...WINDS WILL BLOW FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. IN ADDITION...HIGH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM ANY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH FAR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. $$ GREIF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 4:02 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:20 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 11, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 1 more | 37 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.