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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jackson, KY

February 29, 2012McCreary County, Wayne County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 3:31 PM EST for McCreary County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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
Feb 29, 2012, 3:31 PM EST (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Feb 29, 2012, 4:00 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties McCreary County, KY, Wayne County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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, 3:40 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGMount Pisgah, KYTREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 167 JUST NORTH OF MOUNT PISGAH. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Feb 29, 3:45 PM ESTHAIL 0.515 W Stearns, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 29, 12:31 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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°0°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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

618 
WFUS53 KJKL 292031
TORJKL
KYC147-231-292100-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0009.120229T2031Z-120229T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
331 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 400 PM EST

* AT 328 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SUNNYBROOK...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  ALBANY...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

  IN ADDITION...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE     
  WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  POWERSBURG...HIDALGO...SLICKFORD...COOPER...MOUNT PISGAH...
  BURFIELD...OIL VALLEY...PARMLEYSVILLE...GREAT MEADOWS CAMPSITES...
  BARRIER...GRIFFIN...ROCKEYBRANCH...COOPERSVILLE...KIDDS CROSSING...
  SLAVENS...DENNEY...RITNER...CO-OPERATIVE AND BLUE HERON.

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 3660 8487 3661 8497 3662 8500 3668 8501
      3669 8503 3673 8502 3676 8501 3684 8449
      3659 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 256DEG 46KT 3665 8497

$$

RAY
1 follow-up statement
557 
WWUS53 KJKL 292058
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
358 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

KYC147-231-292108-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120229T2100Z/
MCCREARY KY-WAYNE KY-
358 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 
400 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 9 PM E.S.T.

LAT...LON 3660 8487 3661 8497 3662 8500 3668 8501
      3669 8503 3673 8502 3676 8501 3684 8449
      3659 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 256DEG 46KT 3673 8455

$$

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, 2:28 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLPulaski32 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, 3:55 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.