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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Jackson, KY

March 2, 20125 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 6:54 PM EST for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 51 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, 6:54 PM EST (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 7:45 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, Owsley County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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.

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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 209 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.

898 
WFUS53 KJKL 022354
TORJKL
KYC065-109-129-189-203-030045-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0032.120302T2354Z-120303T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ESTILL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN OWSLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN ROCKCASTLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 745 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 SNIDER...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEREA...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHIRLEY...MORRILL...CLOVER BOTTOM AND THREELINKS AROUND 700 PM EST.
  HISEL...ALCORN...LOCUST BRANCH AND KERBY KNOB AROUND 705 PM EST.
  BLANTON FLATS...DRIP ROCK...JINKS AND SAND SPRINGS AROUND 710 PM
  EST.
  ALUMBAUGH...LEIGHTON AND WAGERSVILLE AROUND 715 PM EST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE SAND
SPRINGS.

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 3749 8437 3754 8435 3752 8426 3753 8420
      3756 8417 3757 8410 3764 8413 3767 8410
      3771 8410 3776 8378 3774 8376 3768 8364
      3744 8355 3743 8356 3739 8439 3748 8441
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 253DEG 54KT 3751 8430

$$

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, 6:34 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, 6:58 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.