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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 7:34 PM EST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 26 min. 3 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, 7:34 PM EST (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Floyd County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7:38 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Inez, KY | |
| Mar 2, 7:39 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Inez, KY | DISPATCH REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. |
| Mar 2, 7:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Lovely, KY | SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN EASTERN SECTIONS OF MARTIN COUNTY NEAR THE LOVELY AND BEAUTY COMMUNITIES. |
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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 100 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
335
WFUS53 KJKL 030034
TORJKL
KYC071-115-153-159-030100-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0037.120303T0034Z-120303T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
734 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
EAST CENTRAL MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
MARTIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 800 PM EST
* AT 728 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CONLEY...OR NEAR SALYERSVILLE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 75 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
VAN LEAR...ODDS...NERO AND AUXIER AROUND 740 PM EST.
DAVELLA...DELONG...DAVISPORT AND PLEASANT AROUND 745 PM EST.
PRINCE...COALPOINT...PREECE AND MCCLURE AROUND 750 PM EST.
PILGRIM...OPPY AND HODE AROUND 755 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE WARFIELD AND
KERMIT.
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 3773 8238 3771 8241 3769 8239 3768 8249
3770 8252 3768 8257 3766 8299 3786 8301
3787 8299 3789 8261 3791 8244 3788 8241
3783 8240 3778 8232 3775 8231
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 264DEG 64KT 3776 8284
$$
GREIF1 follow-up statement
461
WWUS53 KJKL 030100
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
800 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
KYC071-115-153-159-030110-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120303T0100Z/
JOHNSON KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MARTIN KY-FLOYD KY-
800 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN FLOYD...MARTIN...EAST CENTRAL
MAGOFFIN AND SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.
LAT...LON 3773 8238 3771 8241 3769 8239 3768 8249
3770 8252 3768 8257 3766 8299 3786 8301
3787 8299 3789 8261 3791 8244 3788 8241
3783 8240 3778 8232 3775 8231
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 264DEG 64KT 3773 8284
$$
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, 7:24 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, 7:45 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.