Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 7:24 PM EST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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, 7:24 PM EST (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Knox County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:02 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
233
WFUS53 KJKL 030024
TORJKL
KYC121-147-231-235-030100-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0036.120303T0024Z-120303T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
724 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 800 PM EST
* AT 719 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF GREAT MEADOWS CAMPSITES...OR 11
MILES WEST OF ONEIDA...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
STRUNK AROUND 735 PM EST.
HOLLYHILL AROUND 740 PM EST.
ZION HILL...AYERS AND JELLICO CREEK AROUND 745 PM EST.
SAXTON...RED ASH...MOUNTAIN ASH AND FAIRVIEW AROUND 750 PM EST.
POLLY CAMP...PACKARD...GATLIFF AND NEVISDALE AROUND 755 PM EST.
LOUDEN AROUND 800 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE FAIRVIEW.
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 3659 8457 3660 8480 3662 8480 3692 8406
3659 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 253DEG 56KT 3651 8462
$$
RICHEY2 follow-up statements
905
WWUS53 KJKL 030047
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
747 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
KYC121-231-030057-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120303T0100Z/
KNOX KY-WAYNE KY-
747 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE AND EXTREME
WEST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3660 8441 3660 8444 3664 8444 3684 8404
3659 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 253DEG 56KT 3661 8419
$$
KYC147-235-030100-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120303T0100Z/
MCCREARY KY-WHITLEY KY-
747 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN WHITLEY AND
SOUTHEASTERN MCCREARY COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EST...
AT 743 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ZION HILL...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WILLIAMSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
POLLY CAMP...PACKARD...GATLIFF AND NEVISDALE AROUND 755 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 3660 8441 3660 8444 3664 8444 3684 8404
3659 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 253DEG 56KT 3661 8419
$$
RICHEY587
WWUS53 KJKL 030102
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
802 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
KYC147-235-030112-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120303T0100Z/
MCCREARY KY-WHITLEY KY-
802 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WHITLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN MCCREARY
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
LAT...LON 3660 8441 3660 8444 3664 8444 3684 8404
3659 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 253DEG 56KT 3659 8418
$$
DUSTYThe 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, 7:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 7:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | 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 | 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, 7:28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.