Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 7:59 PM EDT for Menifee County, Morgan County, Wolfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min. 6 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
- Jul 1, 2012, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Menifee County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ezel, KY | LARCH BRANCHES ARE DOWN IN YARD. |
| Jul 1, 8:23 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | West Liberty, KY | PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL FALLING. |
| Jul 1, 8:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | West Liberty, KY | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG LIBERTY ROAD IN WEST LIBERTY NEAR THE DAVIS LANE INTERSECTION AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A TRAILER.DAMAGE REPORTED JUST WEST OF THE MORGAN COUNTY HOSPITAL. |
| Jul 1, 8:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Lewis, KY | TREE ACROSS HWY 1162 ON VANCE RD. |
| Jul 1, 8:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Adele, KY | TREE ACROSS ROAD ON HWY 134. |
| Jul 1, 8:47 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Daysboro, KY | LARGE TREE DOWN ON 191. TREE HAD BEEN ACROSS THE ROADWAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 2142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
887 WUUS53 KJKL 012359 SVRJKL KYC165-175-237-020045- /O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0113.120701T2359Z-120702T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 759 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... NORTHEASTERN WOLFE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 757 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KOREA...OR 7 MILES EAST OF FRENCHBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WEST LIBERTY...EBON...EZEL...KELLACEY...ARNETT...OMER... MURPHYFORK...TWENTYSIX...PEKIN...HAZEL GREEN...MIZE...WOODSBEND... HENRY...NEW CUMMER...REXVILLE...GRASSY CREEK...DAYSBORO...LICKING RIVER...DEMUND AND LOWER GILMORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3788 8312 3773 8334 3795 8359 3800 8349 TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 292DEG 23KT 3794 8348 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ KAS
1 follow-up statement
605 WWUS53 KJKL 020028 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 828 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 KYC165-175-237-020045- /O.CON.KJKL.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120702T0045Z/ MENIFEE KY-MORGAN KY-WOLFE KY- 828 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL WOLFE...SOUTHERN MORGAN AND EAST CENTRAL MENIFEE COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT... AT 824 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREEAR...OR NEAR WEST LIBERTY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STACY FORK...GORDON FORD...ADELE...WELL STATION...CANNEL CITY... LEWIS...CANEY...COTTLE...HOLLIDAY...WHITE OAK...FLORRESS...WILLIAMS AND MATTHEW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3788 8312 3773 8334 3795 8359 3800 8349 TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 292DEG 23KT 3787 8326 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ RAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Magoffin | 36 min |
| Jul 1, 9:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 9:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 9:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 9:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee, Morgan | 42 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.