Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 2:58 PM EST for McCreary County, Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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, 2:58 PM EST (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McCreary County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 3:05 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Nancy, KY | TREE DOWN IN NANCY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.
168
WFUS53 KJKL 291958
TORJKL
KYC147-199-231-292045-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0007.120229T1958Z-120229T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
258 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 345 PM EST
* AT 256 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JAMESTOWN...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MONTICELLO...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
IN ADDITION...HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOMERSET...FAUBUSH...STEUBENVILLE...NAOMI...MILL SPRINGS...
BETSEY...NANCY...TRIMBLE...FRAZER...PULASKI COUNTY PARK...KIDDER...
QUINTON...BRONSTON...SOMERSET PULASKI AIRPORT...GENERAL BURNSIDE
S.P....BURNSIDE...TATEVILLE...ELIHU...FERGUSON AND SLOANS VALLEY.
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 3692 8496 3695 8496 3696 8495 3696 8490
3699 8485 3705 8491 3709 8491 3710 8442
3688 8440 3688 8503
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 264DEG 53KT 3694 8504
$$
RAY2 follow-up statements
055 WWUS53 KJKL 292029 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 329 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 KYC147-199-231-292045- /O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120229T2045Z/ MCCREARY KY-PULASKI KY-WAYNE KY- 329 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE... SOUTHERN PULASKI AND NORTH CENTRAL MCCREARY COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EST... AT 324 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TATEVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF SOMERSET... MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BURNSIDE...GRADE AND DYKES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3689 8480 3708 8480 3710 8442 3688 8440 TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 264DEG 53KT 3698 8447 $$ BECKER
367 WWUS53 KJKL 292041 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 341 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 KYC147-199-231-292047- /O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120229T2045Z/ MCCREARY KY-PULASKI KY-WAYNE KY- 341 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...SOUTHERN PULASKI AND NORTH CENTRAL MCCREARY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM EST... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF WEAKENING AND THEN STRENGTHENING...AND COULD BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AGAIN. THE TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MCCREARY COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3689 8480 3708 8480 3710 8442 3688 8440 TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 264DEG 53KT 3698 8432 $$ BECKER
The 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, 2:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 32 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, 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.