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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:31 PM EST for 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 44 min. 10 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:31 PM EST (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
Counties Bath County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Powell County, KY, Rowan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 5:32 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Means, KY | |
| Mar 2, 5:35 PM EST | HAIL 1.25 | 2 E Jeffersonville, KY | HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED. |
| Mar 2, 5:39 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Sw Mariba, KY | *** 8 FATAL *** A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARIBA AND MOVED EAST ACROSS MENIFEE AND MORGAN COUNTIES FOR 34 MILES. THIS TORNADO HIT WEST LIBERTY KENTUCKY AND REACHED A MAXIMUM STRENGTH OF EF3. THERE WERE 2 FATALITIES IN MENIFEE COUNTY AND 6 FAT |
| Mar 2, 5:40 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Frenchburg, KY | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED. |
| Mar 2, 5:41 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Frenchburg, KY | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND |
| Mar 2, 5:43 PM EST | TORNADO | Wellington, KY | HOUSES DAMAGED IN WELLINGTON. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED. |
| Mar 2, 5:44 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Se Frenchburg, KY | TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND. |
| Mar 2, 5:48 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Wellington, KY | |
| Mar 2, 5:48 PM EST | TORNADO | Wellington, KY | HOUSES DAMAGED FROM TORNADO. |
| Mar 2, 6:00 PM EST | HAIL 2.5 | 3 Wnw West Liberty, KY | TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL LEFT INDENTIONS IN THE GROUND. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:02 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
219 WFUS53 KJKL 022231 TORJKL KYC011-063-165-173-175-197-205-022315- /O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0017.120302T2231Z-120302T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 531 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTHWESTERN ELLIOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... EASTERN POWELL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 615 PM EST * AT 531 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. IN ADDITION...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STANTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... FAGAN...TABOR AND CORNWELL AROUND 535 PM EST. FRENCHBURG...MARIBA AND SUDITH AROUND 540 PM EST. SCRANTON...RATLITT...KOREA AND DENNISTON AROUND 545 PM EST. BIG WOODS...DAN AND EBON AROUND 550 PM EST. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE ARNETT. 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 3819 8323 3798 8312 3778 8383 3800 8392 TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 248DEG 46KT 3790 8376 $$ GREIF
2 follow-up statements
570 WWUS53 KJKL 022241 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 541 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 KYC173-197-022251- /O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120302T2315Z/ MONTGOMERY KY-POWELL KY- 541 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN POWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3805 8374 3819 8323 3798 8312 3784 8363 TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 256DEG 58KT 3790 8359 $$ KYC011-063-165-175-205-022315- /O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120302T2315Z/ MENIFEE KY-MORGAN KY-ROWAN KY-BATH KY-ELLIOTT KY- 541 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN ELLIOTT... SOUTHEASTERN BATH...SOUTHERN ROWAN...NORTHERN MORGAN AND MENIFEE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EST... AT 539 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. IN ADDITION... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TABOR...OR NEAR FRENCHBURG...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... TWENTYSIX...OMER...ARNETT AND KELLACEY AROUND 550 PM EST. POMP...DEHART...LICKING RIVER AND YOCUM AROUND 555 PM EST. LICK BRANCH...STEELE...LENOX AND WRIGLEY AROUND 600 PM EST. LITTLE SANDY AROUND 605 PM EST. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE ARNETT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. YOU SHOULD 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 3805 8374 3819 8323 3798 8312 3784 8363 TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 256DEG 58KT 3790 8359 $$ GREIF
289 WWUS53 KJKL 022250 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 550 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 KYC011-063-165-175-205-022315- /O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120302T2315Z/ MENIFEE KY-MORGAN KY-ROWAN KY-BATH KY-ELLIOTT KY- 550 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...TORNADO EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR WELLINGTON...ARTVILLE...OMAR...AND ARNETT. ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN ELLIOTT... SOUTHEASTERN BATH...SOUTHERN ROWAN...NORTHERN MORGAN AND MENIFEE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EST... AT 547 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO. IN ADDITION...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARTVILLE...OR 9 MILES EAST OF FRENCHBURG...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... POMP...TWENTYSIX...DEHART AND YOCUM AROUND 555 PM EST. STEELE...LICK BRANCH...LENOX AND WRIGLEY AROUND 600 PM EST. LITTLE SANDY AROUND 605 PM EST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3805 8374 3819 8323 3798 8312 3784 8363 TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 256DEG 58KT 3793 8343 $$ GREIF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:00 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 2, 9:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 9:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 12:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 12:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 12:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Letcher | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 3:24 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Lee | 43 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 5:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 5:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 5:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 5:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 10 min |
| Mar 2, 5:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 5:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 5:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 6:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, Rowan | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 6:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, Whitley | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 6:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Powell and 1 more | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 6:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Whitley | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 6:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 6:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 3 more | 52 min |
| Mar 2, 6:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan, Rowan | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 6:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan, Rowan | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 6:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan and 1 more | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 6:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Powell, Wolfe | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:41 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Whitley | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 6:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 6:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Johnson, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 6:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan and 2 more | 47 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.