Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 2:28 PM EST for Pulaski County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 min. 4 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 2:28 PM EST (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pulaski County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 2:42 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Woodstock, KY | POWERLINES ALSO DOWN NEAR FAUBUSH |
| Feb 29, 2:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Science Hill, KY | SEVERAL STRUCTURES DAMAGED BEHIND VALLEY VIEW SUPER MARKET. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Feb 29, 2:53 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Wsw Dabney, KY | AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 253 PM EST ABOUT 3 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SCIENCE HILL. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES BEFORE DISSIPATING NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF DABNEY AT 255 PM EST. A CONSISTENT PATH WIDTH OF 60 YARDS WAS |
| Feb 29, 2:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Dabney, KY | TREES DOWN AND SOME STRUCTURE DAMAGE AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 39 AND HWY 635. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 12:31 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 580 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 485 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
191
WFUS53 KJKL 291928
TORJKL
KYC199-292000-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0005.120229T1928Z-120229T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
228 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 300 PM EST
* AT 224 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL SPRINGS...OR 23 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
IN ADDITION...UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAINS STORE...MAGNUM...POINTER...STAB...HOGUE...SCIENCE HILL...
PULASKI...DABNEY...BOBTOWN...WOODSTOCK...SHOPVILLE...VALLEY OAK...
BANDY...BENT AND EUBANK.
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 3712 8490 3736 8455 3735 8452 3709 8433
3707 8491 3710 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 260DEG 46KT 3713 8501
$$
RAY2 follow-up statements
474
WWUS53 KJKL 291946
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
246 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
KYC199-292000-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120229T2000Z/
PULASKI KY-
246 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY
UNTIL 300 PM EST...
AT 242 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STAB...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET...
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
IN ADDITION...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO HALF DOLLAR
SIZED HAIL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCIENCE HILL...PULASKI...DABNEY...BOBTOWN...WOODSTOCK...
SHOPVILLE...VALLEY OAK...BENT...BANDY AND EUBANK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN
A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3712 8490 3736 8455 3735 8452 3709 8433
3707 8491 3710 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 260DEG 46KT 3716 8472
$$
BECKER072
WWUS53 KJKL 291958
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
258 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
KYC199-292007-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120229T2000Z/
PULASKI KY-
258 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IS BEING
REISSUED...
PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3712 8490 3736 8455 3735 8452 3709 8433
3707 8491 3710 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 260DEG 46KT 3718 8453
$$
BECKERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 11:31 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 12:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 45 min |
| Feb 29, 12:49 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Estill, Magoffin, Menifee, Montgomery and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 27 min |
| Feb 29, 1:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Magoffin, Morgan | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 1:46 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 2:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Pulaski and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 29, 2:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 2:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley, Wolfe | 41 min |
| Feb 29, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 42 min |
| Feb 29, 2:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 4 more | 37 min |
| Feb 29, 2:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 36 min |
| Feb 29, 2:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 47 min |
| Feb 29, 3:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more | 50 min |
| Feb 29, 3:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 23 min |
| Feb 29, 3:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 3:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 4:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 42 min |
| Feb 29, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 4:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knox, Leslie | 43 min |
| Feb 29, 4:50 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, McCreary and 2 more | 3 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.