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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Jackson, KY

March 2, 20127 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 6:09 PM EST for 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 51 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: Mar 2, 2012, 6:09 PM EST (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Estill County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Lee County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Powell County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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, 6:10 PM EST	HAIL 1.75	1 S Combs, KY
Mar 2, 6:10 PM EST	HAIL 1.75	West Liberty, KY	EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN 555 PM AND 610 PM.
Mar 2, 6:35 PM EST	HAIL 3	Campton, KY	A SWATH OF BASEBALL TO APPLE SIZE HAIL FELL FROM DOWNTOWN CAMPTON TO THE EAST TO NEAR GILMORE.
Mar 2, 6:45 PM EST	HAIL 1	2 S Cannel City, KY
Mar 2, 6:50 PM EST	TORNADO	Sse Burkhart, KY	A NWS STORM DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FOUND TREE DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-1 TORNADO ALONG HWY 1094 JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE BURKHART COMMUNITY IN WOLFE COUNTY. THIS IS NOW CONSIDERED THE TOUCHDOWN POINT FOR THE TORNADO WHICH GREW TO EF-3 STRENGTH AS IT TRACKED APPRO
Mar 2, 6:58 PM EST	HAIL 3	Campton, KY	BASEBALL TO APPLE SIZE HAIL IN DOWNTOWN CAMPTON.

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 PDS	SPC	8 hr
Mar 2, 4:19 PM EST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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: 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

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The text

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

017 
WFUS53 KJKL 022309
TORJKL
KYC065-109-129-165-175-197-237-030000-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0024.120302T2309Z-120303T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
609 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ESTILL COUNTY...
  NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...
  LEE COUNTY...
  SOUTHERN MENIFEE COUNTY...  
  WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY...
  SOUTHERN POWELL COUNTY...AND WOLFE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 605 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KNOB LICK...OR 8 MILES WEST OF IRVINE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PITTS...COW CREEK...RAVENNA AND WILLOW TREE AROUND 615 PM EST.
  COBHILL...FITCHBURG...PATSEY AND FURNACE AROUND 620 PM EST.
  PILOT...STANDING ROCK...SEE AND SLADE AROUND 625 PM EST.           
  GLENCAIRN...PINE RIDGE AND JENSON AROUND 630 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 3783 8317 3777 8327 3775 8325 3767 8325
      3770 8339 3763 8346 3765 8350 3764 8353
      3756 8356 3750 8386 3752 8388 3750 8388
      3744 8418 3754 8419 3756 8417 3757 8410
      3764 8413 3767 8410 3777 8409 3800 8329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 254DEG 56KT 3767 8405

$$

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, 5:31 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more	44 min
Mar 2, 5:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	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 Emergency	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, 6:21 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	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 Emergency	JKL	Elliott, Morgan, Rowan	26 min
Mar 2, 6:34 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	JKL	Elliott, Morgan, Rowan	26 min
Mar 2, 6:38 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	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.