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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Jackson, KY

March 2, 20125 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 7:08 PM EST for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 37 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, 7:08 PM EST (00:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 7:45 PM EST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Emergency: Tornado emergency

Counties Clay County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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, 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 254 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: 262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1382 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

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

749 
WFUS53 KJKL 030008
TORJKL
KYC051-109-125-189-203-030045-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0034.120303T0008Z-120303T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  LAUREL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  OWSLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN ROCKCASTLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 745 PM EST

* AT 705 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR WOOD CREEK LAKE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONDON. A TORNADO
  MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

  THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR LAUREL COUNTY...TAKE COVER NOW.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LONDON...MANCHESTER...LAMERO...EAST BERNSTADT...PITTSBURG...
  MERSHONS...SUBLIMITY CITY...TEMPLER...CRUISE...LONDON-CORBIN
  AIRPORT...OAKLEY...VICTORY...FARISTON...ARDERY...CARICO...EBERLE...
  LEVI JACKSON S.P....MIDDLEFORK...ATLANTA AND MAPLESVILLE.

LAT...LON 3703 8378 3704 8378 3703 8383 3706 8387
      3704 8390 3707 8431 3709 8428 3711 8429
      3712 8428 3712 8429 3716 8429 3718 8433
      3729 8435 3749 8360 3701 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 261DEG 48KT 3720 8414

$$

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1 follow-up statement

186 
WWUS53 KJKL 030035
SVSJKL

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

KYC051-109-125-189-203-030045-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120303T0045Z/
JACKSON KY-OWSLEY KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-CLAY KY-LAUREL KY-
735 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAUREL...CLAY...
SOUTHEASTERN ROCKCASTLE...OWSLEY AND SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL
745 PM EST...

AT 733 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ISLAND CITY...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BOONEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GOBBARD...SEBASTIAN...RICETOWN AND SOUTHFORK AROUND 740 PM EST.
  COWCREEK AND LEROSE AROUND 745 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 3703 8378 3704 8378 3703 8383 3706 8387
      3704 8390 3707 8431 3709 8428 3711 8429
      3712 8428 3712 8429 3716 8429 3718 8433
      3729 8435 3749 8360 3701 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 251DEG 49KT 3735 8372

$$

DUSTY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 7:04 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe	41 min
Mar 2, 7:11 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin	49 min
Mar 2, 7:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Owsley, Rockcastle	46 min
Mar 2, 7:22 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Martin and 4 more	5 hr
Mar 2, 7:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Letcher	23 min
Mar 2, 7:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Wolfe	52 min
Mar 2, 7:24 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Knox, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley	36 min
Mar 2, 7:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Johnson, Martin	32 min
Mar 2, 7:34 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin	26 min
Mar 2, 7:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Magoffin, Perry	45 min
Mar 2, 7:52 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Powell, Wolfe	4 hr
Mar 2, 7:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike	48 min
Mar 2, 7:58 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, Whitley	32 min
Mar 2, 8:22 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan	23 min
Mar 2, 8:41 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan	19 min
Mar 2, 11:56 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Breathitt, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Floyd and 14 more	12 hr
Mar 3, 12:05 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, McCreary, Whitley	12 hr
Mar 3, 2:00 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell	13 hr
Mar 3, 2:23 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Whitley	14 hr
Mar 3, 7:43 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Knox	26 hr
Mar 3, 11:11 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Powell	42 hr
Mar 3, 1:58 PM EST	River Flood Warning	JKL	Whitley	12 hr

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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.