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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY

February 29, 20124 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 12:45 PM EST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 45 min. 5 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: Feb 29, 2012, 12:45 PM EST (17:45 UTC)
Expired: Feb 29, 2012, 1:30 PM EST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Estill County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Powell County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 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
Feb 29, 1:05 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Clay City, KY	LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON SNOW CREEK. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Feb 29, 1:05 PM EST	HAIL 1	Clay City, KY	TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Feb 29, 1:09 PM EST	HAIL 0.75	Clay City, KY
Feb 29, 1:15 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Stanton, KY	LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON MILL KNOB. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Feb 29, 1:15 PM EST	HAIL 1	Stanton, KY	TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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
Feb 29, 5:39 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Feb 29, 12:31 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -228 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 791 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 857 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

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The text

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

318 
WFUS53 KJKL 291745
TORJKL
KYC065-165-173-197-291830-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0001.120229T1745Z-120229T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1245 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ESTILL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  POWELL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 130 PM EST

* AT 1241 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHMOND...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STANTON...HARRIS FERRY...FOX...PALMER...IRON MOUND...CRESSY...
  WISEMAN CROSSING STATION...HARGETT...KIMBRELL...SPOUT SPRINGS...
  WESTBEND...HARDWICK...VIRDEN...POWELL VALLEY...WALTERSVILLE...CLAY
  CITY...VAUGHNS MILL...COTTAGE FURNACE...LEVEE AND CAMARGO.

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 3785 8363 3775 8370 3775 8409 3778 8411
      3780 8408 3781 8413 3785 8409 3783 8407
      3785 8406 3784 8401 3787 8403 3787 8400
      3792 8400 3794 8398 3798 8400 3803 8381
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 263DEG 42KT 3779 8430

$$

RAY

5 follow-up statements

295 
WWUS53 KJKL 291751
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1251 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

KYC065-165-173-197-291830-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120229T1830Z/
MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-POWELL KY-ESTILL KY-
1251 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ESTILL...
POWELL...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHWESTERN MENIFEE COUNTIES UNTIL
130 PM EST...

AT 1242 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHMOND...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

IN ADDITION...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZED 
HAIL. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STANTON...HARRIS FERRY...FOX...PALMER...IRON MOUND...CRESSY...
  WISEMAN CROSSING STATION...HARGETT...KIMBRELL...SPOUT SPRINGS...
  WESTBEND...HARDWICK...VIRDEN...POWELL VALLEY...WALTERSVILLE...CLAY
  CITY...VAUGHNS MILL...COTTAGE FURNACE...LEVEE AND CAMARGO.

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 3785 8363 3775 8370 3775 8409 3778 8411
      3780 8408 3781 8413 3785 8409 3783 8407
      3785 8406 3784 8401 3787 8403 3787 8400
      3792 8400 3794 8398 3798 8400 3803 8381
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 263DEG 42KT 3779 8423

$$

BECKER

478 
WWUS53 KJKL 291803
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
103 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

KYC065-165-173-197-291830-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120229T1830Z/
MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-POWELL KY-ESTILL KY-
103 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ESTILL...
POWELL...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHWESTERN MENIFEE COUNTIES UNTIL
130 PM EST...

AT 100 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PALMER...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF IRVINE...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

IN ADDITION...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE 
HAIL. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STANTON...WISEMAN CROSSING STATION...HARGETT...KIMBRELL...SPOUT
  SPRINGS...WESTBEND...HARDWICK...VIRDEN...POWELL VALLEY...
  WALTERSVILLE...CLAY CITY...VAUGHNS MILL...COTTAGE FURNACE...
  LEVEE...CAMARGO...KNOWLTON...FURNACE...BEAN...ROSSLYN AND
  JEFFERSONVILLE.

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 3785 8363 3775 8370 3775 8409 3778 8411
      3780 8408 3781 8413 3785 8409 3783 8407
      3785 8406 3784 8401 3787 8403 3787 8400
      3792 8400 3794 8398 3798 8400 3803 8381
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 263DEG 42KT 3780 8404

$$

BECKER

617 
WWUS53 KJKL 291811
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
111 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

KYC065-291821-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120229T1830Z/
ESTILL KY-
111 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ESTILL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3785 8363 3775 8370 3775 8377 3776 8378
      3775 8382 3777 8383 3775 8388 3780 8396
      3784 8396 3785 8399 3784 8401 3787 8403
      3787 8400 3792 8400 3794 8398 3798 8400
      3803 8381
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 263DEG 42KT 3780 8392

$$

KYC165-173-197-291830-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120229T1830Z/
MENIFEE KY-MONTGOMERY KY-POWELL KY-
111 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POWELL...SOUTHERN
MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHWESTERN MENIFEE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EST...

AT 106 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KIMBRELL...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF IRVINE...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.

.IN ADDITION...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STANTON...CAMARGO...KNOWLTON...BEAN...ROSSLYN...JEFFERSONVILLE...
  CAT CREEK...OGGS STATION...ROGERS CHAPEL...LUCKY STOP...BOWEN...
  LOMBARD...CLAY LICK...MEANS...CEDAR GROVES...SEE...NADA...SLADE...
  NATURAL BRIDGE S.P. AND HAYSTACK.

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 3785 8363 3775 8370 3775 8377 3776 8378
      3775 8382 3777 8383 3775 8388 3780 8396
      3784 8396 3785 8399 3784 8401 3787 8403
      3787 8400 3792 8400 3794 8398 3798 8400
      3803 8381
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 263DEG 42KT 3780 8392

$$

BECKER

094 
WWUS53 KJKL 291822
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
122 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

KYC173-291831-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120229T1830Z/
MONTGOMERY KY-
122 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3785 8363 3780 8374 3778 8380 3781 8386
      3781 8389 3783 8393 3789 8391 3791 8388
      3790 8388 3790 8380 3792 8377 3797 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 263DEG 42KT 3781 8377

$$

KYC165-197-291830-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120229T1830Z/
MENIFEE KY-POWELL KY-
122 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POWELL AND SOUTHWESTERN
MENIFEE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EST...

AT 118 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KNOWLTON...OR NEAR STANTON...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.

IN ADDITION...THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED 
HAIL. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LOMBARD...MEANS...CEDAR GROVES...NADA AND HAYSTACK.

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 3785 8363 3780 8374 3778 8380 3781 8386
      3781 8389 3783 8393 3789 8391 3791 8388
      3790 8388 3790 8380 3792 8377 3797 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 263DEG 42KT 3781 8377

$$

BECKER

328 
WWUS53 KJKL 291829
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
129 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

KYC165-197-291835-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120229T1830Z/
MENIFEE KY-POWELL KY-
129 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR POWELL AND SOUTHWESTERN MENIFEE COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 130 PM EST...

THE STORM WHICH PRODUCED THE TORNADO THREAT HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER DIME TO 
NICKLE SIZE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...A TORNADO WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND 
EASTERN MENIFEE COUNTY...WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY...AND EAST CENTRAL 
POWELL COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 3785 8363 3780 8374 3778 8380 3781 8386
      3781 8389 3783 8393 3789 8391 3791 8388
      3790 8388 3790 8380 3792 8377 3797 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 263DEG 42KT 3781 8371

$$

BECKER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 29, 11:31 AM EST	Flash Flood Watch	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	6 hr
Feb 29, 12:49 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Estill, Magoffin, Menifee, Montgomery and 4 more	6 hr
Feb 29, 1:18 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe	27 min
Feb 29, 1:40 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Magoffin, Morgan	35 min
Feb 29, 1:46 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan and 4 more	5 hr
Feb 29, 1:59 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan	31 min
Feb 29, 2:10 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Pulaski and 2 more	5 hr
Feb 29, 2:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe	32 min
Feb 29, 2:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley, Wolfe	41 min
Feb 29, 2:28 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Pulaski	32 min
Feb 29, 2:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan	42 min
Feb 29, 2:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 4 more	37 min
Feb 29, 2:54 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	36 min
Feb 29, 2:58 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	47 min
Feb 29, 3:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more	50 min
Feb 29, 3:25 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle	23 min
Feb 29, 3:31 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	McCreary, Wayne	29 min
Feb 29, 3:55 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	McCreary, Wayne, Whitley	35 min
Feb 29, 4:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Wayne	28 min
Feb 29, 4:18 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, Whitley	42 min
Feb 29, 4:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Wayne, Whitley	35 min
Feb 29, 4:47 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, Leslie	43 min
Feb 29, 4:50 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, McCreary and 2 more	3 hr

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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.