Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:57 PM EST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 33 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:57 PM EST (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bath County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Rowan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 5:59 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 70 | 5 N Mount Sterling, KY | |
| Mar 2, 5:59 PM EST | HAIL 1 | 5 N Mount Sterling, KY | |
| Mar 2, 6:08 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 W Owingsville, KY | AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE BATH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. THE TORNADO HAD A INTERMITTENT PATH TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST CROSSING I-64 AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO TREES...BARN ROOFS AND RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES. THE MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 250 YARDS. THE PATH LENGTH IS |
| Mar 2, 6:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Tilton, KY | ONE STRUCTURE WITH ROOF DAMAGE. |
| Mar 2, 6:21 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 W Morehead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:02 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.
144
WFUS53 KJKL 022257 RRA
TORJKL
KYC011-069-173-205-022330-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0022.120302T2257Z-120302T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
557 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 630 PM EST
* AT 552 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. IN
ADDITION...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH MIDDLETOWN...OR
10 MILES EAST OF PARIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
REYNOLDSVILLE...FLAT CREEK...BETHEL AND SHERBURNE AROUND 605 PM
EST.
WYOMING...ODESSA...SLATE VALLEY AND CRAIGS AROUND 610 PM EST.
GRANGE CITY...MOORE'S FERRY...RINGOS MILLS AND POLKSVILLE AROUND
615 PM EST.
SHARKEY...HILDA AND RAMEY AROUND 620 PM EST.
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 3839 8343 3814 8337 3807 8406 3811 8408
3831 8384 3833 8385 3842 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 262DEG 55KT 3817 8401
$$
GREIF1 follow-up statement
740
WWUS53 KJKL 022316
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
616 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
KYC011-069-173-205-022330-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120302T2330Z/
MONTGOMERY KY-ROWAN KY-BATH KY-FLEMING KY-
616 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN FLEMING...
NORTHERN BATH...NORTHWESTERN ROWAN AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EST...
AT 614 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POLKSVILLE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF OWINGSVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CLEARFIELD...BRANDY...CRIX AND MOREHEAD AROUND 625 PM EST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3808 8398 3814 8393 3826 8372 3833 8368
3842 8352 3839 8343 3814 8337
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 262DEG 55KT 3815 8358
$$
GREIFThe 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, 5:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more | 44 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, 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.