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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jackson, KY

February 29, 2012Pulaski County, Kentucky

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 29, 2:42 PM ESTHAIL 1.75Woodstock, KYPOWERLINES ALSO DOWN NEAR FAUBUSH
Feb 29, 2:50 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGScience Hill, KYSEVERAL STRUCTURES DAMAGED BEHIND VALLEY VIEW SUPER MARKET. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Feb 29, 2:53 PM ESTTORNADO2 Wsw Dabney, KYAN 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 ESTTSTM WND DMGDabney, KYTREES 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 29, 12:31 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-02-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 580 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-02-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 365 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

RAY
2 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

$$

BECKER
072 
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

$$

BECKER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 29, 11:31 AM ESTFlash Flood WatchJKLBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more6 hr
Feb 29, 12:45 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell45 min
Feb 29, 12:49 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Elliott, Estill, Magoffin, Menifee, Montgomery and 4 more6 hr
Feb 29, 1:18 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLMenifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe27 min
Feb 29, 1:40 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLMagoffin, Morgan35 min
Feb 29, 1:46 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan and 4 more5 hr
Feb 29, 1:59 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLElliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan31 min
Feb 29, 2:10 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Pulaski and 2 more5 hr
Feb 29, 2:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe32 min
Feb 29, 2:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley, Wolfe41 min
Feb 29, 2:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan42 min
Feb 29, 2:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 4 more37 min
Feb 29, 2:54 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLJackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle36 min
Feb 29, 2:58 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLMcCreary, Pulaski, Wayne47 min
Feb 29, 3:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more50 min
Feb 29, 3:25 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle23 min
Feb 29, 3:31 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLMcCreary, Wayne29 min
Feb 29, 3:55 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLMcCreary, Wayne, Whitley35 min
Feb 29, 4:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Wayne28 min
Feb 29, 4:18 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBell, Knox, Whitley42 min
Feb 29, 4:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Wayne, Whitley35 min
Feb 29, 4:47 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Knox, Leslie43 min
Feb 29, 4:50 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, McCreary and 2 more3 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.