Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 6:38 PM EST for 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 37 min. 15 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, 6:38 PM EST (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
Counties Breathitt County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Lee County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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, 6:45 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, 6:51 PM EST | HAIL 2.5 | Netty, KY | TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED. |
| Mar 2, 6:51 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 E Cutuno, KY | *** 2 FATAL *** A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 1 MILE EAST OF CUTUNO AND MOVED EAST ACROSS MAGOFFIN...JOHNSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES KENTUCKY BEFORE MOVING INTO WEST VIRGINIA. THIS TORNADO CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN MAGOFFIN AND JOHNSON COUNTIES AND REACHED MAXIMUM STREN |
| Mar 2, 6:58 PM EST | HAIL 3 | Campton, KY | BASEBALL TO APPLE SIZE HAIL IN DOWNTOWN CAMPTON. |
| Mar 2, 7:02 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Salyersville, KY | ROOFS BLOWN OFF APARTMENT BUILDINGS. |
| Mar 2, 7:03 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Oil Springs, KY | |
| Mar 2, 7:04 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Oil Springs, KY | |
| Mar 2, 7:10 PM EST | TORNADO | Salyersville, KY | ADVANCED AUTO ROOF RIPPED OFF. RESCUE SQUAD FLIPPED WITH ACTIVE POWER LINES ON UNIT. TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
| Mar 2, 7:15 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Leander, KY | A DOUBLEWIDE MOBILE HOME WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED NEAR LEANDER. TIME OF EVENT IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Mar 2, 7:15 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Paintsville, KY | ROOF DAMAGE TO THE PAINTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WAS REPORTED. TIME OF EVENT IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Mar 2, 7:15 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Paintsville, KY | |
| Mar 2, 7:17 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | 1 W Paintsville, KY | |
| Mar 2, 7:19 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Collista, KY | CHURCH BUILDING DESTROYED AND MOBILE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. TIME OF EVENT IS ESTIMATED. |
| Mar 2, 7:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Hagerhill, KY | HOUSE BLOWN ONTO ROAD BLOCKING HWY 825. TWO DIFFERENT APPARTMENT BUILDINGS CALLAPSED...ONE ONTO HWY 321 AND THE OTHER ON HWY 1428. |
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, 4:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.
763 WFUS53 KJKL 022338 TORJKL KYC025-071-115-129-153-175-237-030015- /O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0030.120302T2338Z-120303T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 638 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR CAMPTON...LEXI...SALYERSVILLE AND BURKHART. TAKE COVER NOW! THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BREATHITT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... NORTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... WOLFE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 715 PM EST * AT 633 PM EST...STORM SPOTTERS AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO NEAR BOOTH...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMPTON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ROSEFORK...MALAGA...SHOCKEY AND UPPER GILMORE AROUND 645 PM EST. CUTUNO...BURKHART...BELKNAP AND WHEEL RIM AROUND 650 PM EST. OVA...GULLETT...STELLA AND FRITZ AROUND 655 PM EST. BURNING FORK...LAKESVILLE AND SALYERSVILLE AROUND 700 PM EST. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE PUNCHEON...MAGGARD... EMMA AND BLAIR. 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 3787 8280 3765 8277 3758 8365 3776 8368 TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 263DEG 59KT 3769 8354 $$ GREIF
1 follow-up statement
795 WWUS53 KJKL 030001 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 701 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 KYC025-071-115-129-153-175-237-030015- /O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120303T0015Z/ JOHNSON KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MORGAN KY-WOLFE KY-LEE KY-BREATHITT KY- FLOYD KY- 701 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...TORNADO EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR...SALYERSVILLE...BALLOTT...OVA... AND KEARNIE. ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN FLOYD... NORTHERN BREATHITT...NORTHEASTERN LEE...WOLFE...SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN...MAGOFFIN AND SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EST... AT 656 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STELLA...OR NEAR SALYERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CONLEY...RICEVILLE...MASHFORK AND BALLOT AROUND 705 PM EST. LEANDER...PATRICK...DOBSON AND SWAMP BRANCH AROUND 710 PM EST. EAST POINT...HAGERHILL...PAINTSVILLE AND CLIFF AROUND 715 PM EST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3787 8280 3765 8277 3758 8365 3776 8368 TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 263DEG 59KT 3773 8309 $$ 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 | 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, 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, 6:40 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.