Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 38, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 7:58 PM EST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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, 7:58 PM EST (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bell County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knox County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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, 8:10 PM EST | HAIL 1.25 | Fonde, KY | |
| Mar 2, 8:25 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Middlesboro, KY | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC |
| Mar 2, 8:40 PM EST | HAIL 1.25 | Middlesboro, KY |
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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 263 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.
761
WFUS53 KJKL 030058
TORJKL
KYC013-095-121-235-030130-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0038.120303T0058Z-120303T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
758 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
SOUTH CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 830 PM EST
* AT 757 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOT...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WILLIAMSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PEARL...FRAKES...FONDE AND PRUDEN AROUND 805 PM EST.
CHENOA...DAVISBURG...WHEELER AND KAYJAY AROUND 810 PM EST.
MELDRUM...BINGHAMTOWN...NOETOWN AND MIDDLESBORO AROUND 815 PM EST.
FERNDALE...CALVIN AND HUTCH AROUND 820 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE SHELALY.
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 8417 3670 8416 3685 8342 3667 8340
3666 8342 3666 8353 3662 8364 3658 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 256DEG 54KT 3660 8404
$$
RICHEY1 follow-up statement
628
WWUS53 KJKL 030116
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
816 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
KYC013-095-121-235-030130-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120303T0130Z/
KNOX KY-WHITLEY KY-BELL KY-HARLAN KY-
816 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARLAN...
BELL...SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL KNOX COUNTIES
UNTIL 830 PM EST...
AT 811 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DAVISBURG...OR NEAR MIDDLESBORO...MOVING EAST
AT 60 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CUBAGE...OAKS...VARILLA AND INSULL AROUND 825 PM EST.
ALVA...PATHFORK...COLDIRON AND LAYMAN AROUND 830 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE SHELALY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3659 8396 3671 8398 3685 8342 3667 8340
3666 8342 3666 8353 3662 8364 3658 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 256DEG 54KT 3666 8371
$$
RICHEYThe 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, 7:34 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, 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.