Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 2012, 12:30 AM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 20 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 8, 2012, 12:30 AM EDT (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2012, 12:50 AM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Boone County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Pendleton County, KY
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 12:47 AM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Crittenden, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 531 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS51 KILN 080430
TORILN
KYC015-077-081-191-080500-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0030.120908T0430Z-120908T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1230 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
EASTERN GALLATIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN PENDLETON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
* AT 1229 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MUNK...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRITTENDEN...
IN ADDITION...SHERMAN...NORTHCUTT AND GARDNERSVILLE ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.
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.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 3876 8474 3881 8473 3882 8461 3880 8462
3879 8460 3880 8450 3879 8448 3868 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 288DEG 24KT 3877 8470
$$
BINAU2 follow-up statements
966
WWUS51 KILN 080439
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1239 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
KYC015-077-080449-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120908T0500Z/
BOONE KY-GALLATIN KY-
1239 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN GALLATIN AND EXTREME SOUTHERN
BOONE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 3874 8469 3879 8466 3881 8462 3879 8460
3879 8451 3880 8450 3879 8448 3868 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 288DEG 24KT 3874 8461
$$
KYC081-191-080500-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120908T0500Z/
PENDLETON KY-GRANT KY-
1239 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN
GRANT AND NORTHWESTERN PENDLETON COUNTIES...
AT 1237 AM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SHERMAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. NO TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED...ONLY
STRONG ROTATION VIA DOPPLER RADAR.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN GRANT AND
NORTHWESTERN PENDLETON COUNTIES...INCLUDING SHERMAN...NORTHCUTT AND
GARDNERSVILLE.
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. PROTECT YOURSELF
FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3874 8469 3879 8466 3881 8462 3879 8460
3879 8451 3880 8450 3879 8448 3868 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 288DEG 24KT 3874 8461
$$
BINAU917
WWUS51 KILN 080450
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1250 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
KYC081-191-080500-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120908T0500Z/
PENDLETON KY-GRANT KY-
1250 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GRANT AND NORTHWESTERN PENDLETON
COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND CIRCULATION
WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT
LAT...LON 3874 8469 3879 8466 3881 8462 3879 8460
3879 8451 3880 8450 3879 8448 3868 8454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 288DEG 24KT 3872 8452
$$
BINAUThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 11:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone, Carroll, Gallatin | 63 min |
| Sep 7, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Owen | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 12:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen and 1 more | 38 min |
| Sep 8, 12:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Mason, Owen and 2 more | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 1:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton | 16 min |
| Sep 8, 1:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Lewis, Mason, Robertson | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 2:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 2:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Lewis | 46 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.