Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 8:22 PM EST for Bell County, Harlan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 min. 2 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, 8:22 PM EST (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 8:45 PM EST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bell County, KY, Harlan County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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, 8:25 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 298 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.
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WFUS53 KJKL 030122
TORJKL
KYC013-095-030145-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0039.120303T0122Z-120303T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
822 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 845 PM EST
* AT 820 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MELDRUM...OR NEAR MIDDLESBORO...AND MOVING
EAST AT 75 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CUBAGE...ALVA...PATHFORK AND INSULL AROUND 830 PM EST.
HENSLEY STORE...PEEPACE STORE...MARTINS FORK AND LIGGETT AROUND 835
PM EST.
SMITH...CRANKS...MARTINS FORK LAKE AND FLAGLER AROUND 840 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE CREECH.
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 3671 8381 3690 8292 3687 8291 3684 8301
3685 8307 3678 8313 3675 8312 3674 8314
3670 8333 3666 8342 3666 8353 3662 8364
3658 8369 3658 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 256DEG 64KT 3665 8364
$$
RICHEY2 follow-up statements
585
WWUS53 KJKL 030136
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
836 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
KYC013-095-030145-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120303T0145Z/
BELL KY-HARLAN KY-
836 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARLAN AND
EAST CENTRAL BELL COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EST...
AT 834 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HENSLEY STORE...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF HARLAN...
MOVING EAST AT 75 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL BELL AND
SOUTHWESTERN HARLAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS BOBS
CREEK...FLAGLER...CRUMMIES AND POPEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8362 3675 8362 3684 8317 3680 8315
3678 8314 3677 8313 3675 8312 3674 8314
3670 8333 3666 8342 3666 8353 3664 8359
3663 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 256DEG 64KT 3670 8334
$$
RICHEY135
WWUS53 KJKL 030143
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
843 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
KYC013-095-030153-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120303T0145Z/
BELL KY-HARLAN KY-
843 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARLAN AND EAST CENTRAL BELL
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM EST...
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 3665 8362 3675 8362 3684 8317 3680 8315
3678 8314 3677 8313 3675 8312 3674 8314
3670 8333 3666 8342 3666 8353 3664 8359
3663 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 256DEG 64KT 3615 8304
$$
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, 7:34 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, 8:41 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.