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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 4:18 PM EST for Bell County, Knox County, Whitley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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, 4:18 PM EST (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bell County, KY, Knox County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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, 4:31 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Barbourville, KY | |
| Feb 29, 4:44 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Pineville, KY | TREES DOWN ON DORTON BRANCH ROAD. |
| Feb 29, 4:46 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Straight Creek, KY | TREES DOWN ON PETES BLOSSOM ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Feb 29, 4:50 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Pineville, KY | |
| Feb 29, 5:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | W Barbourville, KY | TREE FELL ACROSS ROAD ON HWY 229 APPROX. 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE NORTH OF US 25 E IN KNOX COUNTY. TREE IS PARTIALLY BLOCKING NORTH BOUND LANE OF ROAD. |
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, 12:31 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 580 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 485 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
683 WFUS53 KJKL 292118 TORJKL KYC013-121-235-292200- /O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0011.120229T2118Z-120229T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 418 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... EASTERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 500 PM EST * AT 416 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BON...OR NEAR WILLIAMSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. IN ADDITION...THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BARBOURVILLE...PINEVILLE...EMLYN...PLEASANT VIEW...WOFFORD... FABER...ROCKHOLDS...SUTTONS MILL...YADEN...VERNE...LUCKY... WOODBINE...JULIP...PACKARD...DIXIE...PERKINS...POLLY CAMP... NEVISDALE...GATLIFF AND LOUDEN. 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 3694 8361 3666 8358 3666 8416 3693 8416 TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 264DEG 50KT 3671 8417 $$ RAY
2 follow-up statements
923 WWUS53 KJKL 292147 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 447 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 KYC013-121-235-292200- /O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120229T2200Z/ KNOX KY-WHITLEY KY-BELL KY- 447 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BELL...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL WHITLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EST... AT 446 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLEAR CREEK SPRINGS...OR NEAR PINEVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BLANCHE...ARJAY...CALVIN...RELLA...MILLS...VARILLA...KETTLE ISLAND AND EROSE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3668 8389 3694 8384 3694 8361 3666 8358 TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 264DEG 50KT 3675 8367 $$ BECKER
739 WWUS53 KJKL 292157 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 457 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 KYC013-121-235-292205- /O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120229T2200Z/ KNOX KY-WHITLEY KY-BELL KY- 457 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BELL...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL WHITLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM EST... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST. THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN BELL COUNTY...HARLAN COUNTY...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY... AND SOUTH CENTRAL LESLIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3668 8389 3694 8384 3694 8361 3666 8358 TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 264DEG 50KT 3676 8353 $$ 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, 12:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 45 min |
| 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, 4:25 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.