Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:50 PM EST for Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 40 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:50 PM EST (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 6:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Gesling, KY | ONE TREE AND SEVERAL LIMBS DOWN ALONG RT 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
400
WFUS51 KRLX 022250
TORRLX
KYC043-089-022330-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0002.120302T2250Z-120302T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
550 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CARTER COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 630 PM EST
* AT 547 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES WEST OF
GESLING...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF MOREHEAD...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LOAD...LETITIA...OLDTOWN...GREENBO LAKE...NAPLES AND GREENUP.
.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO
SO SAFELY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3847 8319 3850 8319 3856 8310 3868 8304
3872 8304 3876 8289 3873 8286 3868 8287
3860 8285 3856 8279 3845 8275 3843 8277
3836 8324 3842 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 251DEG 56KT 3839 8339
$$2 follow-up statements
548
WWUS51 KRLX 022303
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
603 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
KYC043-089-022330-
/O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120302T2330Z/
CARTER KY-GREENUP KY-
603 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR GREENUP
AND NORTH CENTRAL CARTER COUNTIES...
AT 556 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
TWO STORMS...BOTH WITH STRONG ROTATION. ONE OF THE TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARTER...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLIVE
HILL...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. THE SECOND TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LETITIA...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH PORTSMOUTH IN
GREENUP COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GESLING...BRUSHART...WARNOCK...LOAD...OLDTOWN...SOUTH PORTSMOUTH
...GREENBO LAKE...SOUTH SHORE...GRAYS BRANCH...NAPLES AND GREENUP
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3847 8319 3850 8319 3856 8310 3868 8304
3872 8304 3876 8289 3873 8286 3868 8287
3860 8285 3856 8279 3845 8275 3843 8277
3836 8324 3842 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 251DEG 56KT 3839 8320
$$688
WWUS51 KRLX 022331
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
631 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
KYC043-089-022340-
/O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120302T2330Z/
CARTER KY-GREENUP KY-
631 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GREENUP AND NORTH CENTRAL CARTER COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. OTHER
STORMS IN THE AREA COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON OTHER STORMS POSSIBLE OVER
THE SAME AREA LATER TONIGHT.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3847 8319 3850 8319 3856 8310 3868 8304
3872 8304 3876 8289 3873 8286 3868 8287
3860 8285 3856 8279 3845 8275 3843 8277
3836 8324 3842 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 251DEG 56KT 3841 8312
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 9:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 55 min |
| Mar 2, 9:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 15 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Lawrence | 64 min |
| Mar 2, 5:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Carter, Lawrence | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 6:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boyd, Greenup | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 6:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 48 min |
| Mar 2, 6:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Lawrence | 46 min |
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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.