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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Jackson, KY

March 2, 2012Elliott County, Morgan County, Rowan County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 6:34 PM EST for Elliott County, Morgan County, Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2012, 6:34 PM EST (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Emergency
Tornado emergency

Counties Elliott County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 2, 1:02 PM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr
Mar 2, 4:19 PM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

826 
WFUS53 KJKL 022334
TORJKL
KYC063-175-205-030000-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0028.120302T2334Z-120303T0000Z/

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

THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR LITTLE SNADY...SANDY HOOK...AND 
ISONVILLE. TAKE COVER NOW!

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ELLIOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...  SOUTHEASTERN 
ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 628 PM EST...STORM SPOTTERS AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO NEAR
  LITTLE SANDY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDY HOOK. DOPPLER RADAR   
SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CULVER AND BRUIN AROUND 640 PM EST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3818 8298 3817 8292 3811 8289 3809 8292
      3805 8295 3803 8300 3800 8302 3796 8325
      3813 8331 3820 8304 3820 8301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 253DEG 54KT 3808 8314

$$

GREIF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 4:00 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryJKLBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more17 hr
Mar 2, 9:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski27 min
Mar 2, 9:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle42 min
Mar 2, 12:36 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBell, Harlan39 min
Mar 2, 12:38 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBell, Harlan37 min
Mar 2, 12:42 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Letcher6 hr
Mar 2, 12:45 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBell, Knox, Whitley30 min
Mar 2, 3:24 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLLee43 hr
Mar 2, 5:08 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell37 min
Mar 2, 5:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan35 min
Mar 2, 5:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming31 min
Mar 2, 5:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan29 min
Mar 2, 5:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley32 min
Mar 2, 5:31 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyJKLBath, Elliott, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more44 min
Mar 2, 5:45 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyJKLElliott, Johnson, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe30 min
Mar 2, 5:46 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLFleming, Rowan10 min
Mar 2, 5:49 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley26 min
Mar 2, 5:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan37 min
Mar 2, 5:57 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBath, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more33 min
Mar 2, 5:57 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan33 min
Mar 2, 6:01 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyJKLElliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, Rowan25 min
Mar 2, 6:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, Whitley42 min
Mar 2, 6:09 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Powell and 1 more51 min
Mar 2, 6:21 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Whitley39 min
Mar 2, 6:21 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan39 min
Mar 2, 6:23 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 3 more52 min
Mar 2, 6:34 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyJKLElliott, Morgan, Rowan26 min
Mar 2, 6:38 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan and 1 more37 min
Mar 2, 6:40 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLEstill, Powell, Wolfe5 hr
Mar 2, 6:41 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Whitley5 hr
Mar 2, 6:45 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry30 min
Mar 2, 6:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan27 min
Mar 2, 6:52 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBath, Elliott, Johnson, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan5 hr
Mar 2, 6:54 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle51 min
Mar 2, 6:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan and 2 more47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.