Alert archive / Kentucky / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2012, 4:35 PM EST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 26, 2012, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2012, 4:35 PM EST (21:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2012, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2012, 12:45 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
Counties Bell County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Pike County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 274 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
417 WWUS73 KJKL 252135 NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 435 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF FAR EAST KENTUCKY... .A POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL PLOW INTO EAST KENTUCKY LATER TONIGHT...CROSSING THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS IT DOES SO... GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHEST PEAKS...BUT FOR MOST OF THE AREA WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. KYZ087-088-118-120-260545- /O.NEW.KJKL.WI.Y.0003.121226T0600Z-121226T2100Z/ BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN... WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 435 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR FAR EASTERN KENTUCKY. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHEST PEAKS. * UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. SHALLOW ROOTED TREES IN STEEP TERRAIN COULD ALSO BE BLOWN DOWN. THE WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO BE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GREIF
3 follow-up statements
719 WWUS73 KJKL 260336 NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1036 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF FAR EAST KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .A POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL PLOW INTO EAST KENTUCKY LATER TONIGHT...CROSSING THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS IT DOES SO... GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHEST PEAKS...BUT FOR MOST OF THE AREA...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. KYZ087-088-118-120-261145- /O.CON.KJKL.WI.Y.0003.121226T0600Z-121226T2100Z/ BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN... WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 1036 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN LOCATIONS NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHEST PEAKS. * UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. SHALLOW ROOTED TREES IN STEEP TERRAIN COULD ALSO BE BLOWN DOWN. THE WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO BE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GREIF/JP
643 WWUS73 KJKL 260933 NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 433 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF FAR EAST KENTUCKY THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .A POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL PLOW THROUGH EAST KENTUCKY TODAY. AS IT DOES SO...GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHEST PEAKS...BUT FOR MOST OF THE AREA...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. KYZ087-088-118-120-261800- /O.EXT.KJKL.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN... WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 433 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN LOCATIONS NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHEST PEAKS. * UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. SHALLOW ROOTED TREES IN STEEP TERRAIN COULD ALSO BE BLOWN DOWN. THE WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO BE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GREIF/GEOGERIAN
121 WWUS73 KJKL 261745 AAA NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1245 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 KYZ087-088-118-120-261845- /O.CAN.KJKL.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN... WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 1245 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WHILE BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AT TIMES...THEY WILL STAY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. LOOK FOR BREEZY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TO SWITCH FROM THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT. $$ GREIF
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.