Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 6:29 PM EST for Boyd County, Carter County, Lawrence County, Kentucky; Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 6:29 PM EST (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
324
WFUS51 KRLX 022329
TORRLX
KYC019-043-127-WVC099-030015-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0006.120302T2329Z-120303T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
629 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BOYD COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN CARTER COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK...
NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK...
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EST
* AT 624 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK...OR 10 MILES WEST OF SANDY
HOOK...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WEBBVILLE...DENTON...RUSH...GARNER...DURBIN AND BURNAUGH.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
184 AND 191 IN KENTUCKY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER 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.
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 3840 8260 3818 8251 3809 8292 3811 8290
3817 8292 3817 8298 3819 8302 3818 8306
3822 8309 3824 8314 3822 8321 3819 8324
3819 8328 3820 8328
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 256DEG 48KT 3810 8323
$$1 follow-up statement
638 WWUS51 KRLX 030007 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 707 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 KYC043-030018- /O.CAN.KRLX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120303T0015Z/ CARTER KY- 707 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CARTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3823 8277 3831 8256 3818 8251 3813 8273 TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 256DEG 48KT 3822 8259 $$ KYC019-127-WVC099-030015- /O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120303T0015Z/ LAWRENCE KY-BOYD KY-WAYNE WV- 707 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR BOYD AND NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY...AND WEST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 700 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FALLSBURG...OR NEAR YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BURNAUGH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3823 8277 3831 8256 3818 8251 3813 8273 TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 256DEG 48KT 3822 8259 $$
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, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 40 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, 10:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 6:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 6:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane, Wirt and 1 more | 52 min |
| Mar 2, 6:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.