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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Jackson, KY

March 2, 20129 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 6:23 PM EST for 9 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 52 min. 13 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, 6:23 PM EST (23:23 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 7:15 PM EST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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, 6:40 PM EST	HAIL 1.75	Science Hill, KY
Mar 2, 6:45 PM EST	HAIL 1.75	Pulaski, KY
Mar 2, 6:57 PM EST	HAIL 1	Pongo, KY
Mar 2, 7:02 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Hare, KY	SEMI FLIPPED OFF OF I-75 NORTH BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND 47...DAMAGE TO HOUSES SEEN JUST OFF OF THE INTERSTATE BEHIND THE FLIPPED SEMI.
Mar 2, 7:03 PM EST	FUNNEL CLOUD	Ferguson, KY
Mar 2, 7:05 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Pittsburg, KY	POWER POLES DOWN AT HWY 80 AND I-75 INTERCHANGE.
Mar 2, 7:05 PM EST	TORNADO	4 W East Bernstadt, KY	* 5 FATAL * A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 4.3 MILES WEST OF EAST BERNSTADT AND MOVED NORTHEAST BEFORE LIFTING 3.6 MILES NNE OF EAST BERNSTADT. PATH LENGTH WAS 6.3 MILES. THE TORNADO LIFTED AT 712 PM EST.
Mar 2, 7:10 PM EST	FUNNEL CLOUD	Wood Creek Lake, KY
Mar 2, 7:10 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	1 N East Bernstadt, KY	MULTIPLE MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED ON LITTLE COUNTY ROAD.
Mar 2, 7:10 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Mcwhorter, KY	TREE DOWN ON VEHICLE.
Mar 2, 7:10 PM EST	TORNADO	Wood Creek Lake, KY	NEAR LAUREL/ROCKCASTLE LINE...THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST.
Mar 2, 7:14 PM EST	TORNADO	Bernstadt, KY	ON THE GROUND
Mar 2, 7:17 PM EST	TORNADO	Livingston, KY	TORNADO BLEW TRUCK OFF ROAD NEAR THE 49 MILE MARKER 3 MILES NORTH OF THE ROCKCASTLE COUNTY LINE.

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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 205 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: 1667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.1

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The text

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

869 
WFUS53 KJKL 022323
TORJKL
KYC051-109-121-125-147-199-203-231-235-030015-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0027.120302T2323Z-120303T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  LAUREL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN ROCKCASTLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 715 PM EST

* AT 619 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAINS STORE...OR 18 MILES WEST OF
  SOMERSET...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STAB...HOGUE AND PULASKI COUNTY PARK AROUND 630 PM EST.
  SCIENCE HILL...PULASKI...SOMERSET AND FERGUSON AROUND 635 PM EST.
  VALLEY OAK...DABNEY...SHOPVILLE AND BOBTOWN AROUND 640 PM EST.
  BENT AND LEVEL GREEN AROUND 645 PM EST.
  CEDARVILLE AND PONGO AROUND 650 PM EST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE
CEDARVILLE...SAND HILL...DILLON...LIVINGSTON AND OAKLEY.

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 3717 8482 3730 8465 3743 8403 3690 8386
      3693 8485 3698 8487 3700 8485 3702 8488
      3712 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 257DEG 58KT 3712 8485

$$

RICHEY

1 follow-up statement

447 
WWUS53 KJKL 022355
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
655 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

KYC147-231-235-030004-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120303T0015Z/
MCCREARY KY-WAYNE KY-WHITLEY KY-
655 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WHITLEY...NORTHEASTERN WAYNE
AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MCCREARY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3700 8389 3709 8456 3711 8458 3713 8459
      3720 8459 3723 8458 3733 8453 3743 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 257DEG 58KT 3718 8439

$$

KYC051-109-121-125-199-203-030015-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120303T0015Z/
KNOX KY-JACKSON KY-PULASKI KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-CLAY KY-LAUREL KY-
655 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAUREL...EXTREME WEST
CENTRAL CLAY...SOUTHERN ROCKCASTLE...NORTHEASTERN PULASKI...
SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON AND NORTH CENTRAL KNOX COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM
EST...

AT 651 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHOPVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SOMERSET...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BILLOWS...PONGO...LUNER AND BUNCH AROUND 700 PM EST.
  WOOD CREEK LAKE...HARE...HAZEL PATCH AND CARMICHAEL AROUND 705 PM
  EST.
  ATLANTA...GREENMOUNT...OAKLEY AND VICTORY AROUND 710 PM EST.
  MCWHORTER...MOORES CREEK AND CORNELIUS AROUND 715 PM EST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE SAND HILL...
DILLON...LIVINGSTON AND OAKLEY.

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 3700 8389 3709 8456 3711 8458 3713 8459
      3720 8459 3723 8458 3733 8453 3743 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 257DEG 58KT 3718 8439

$$

RICHEY

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, 6:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Powell and 1 more	51 min
Mar 2, 6:21 PM EST	Tornado Warning 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, 6:34 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.