Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 7:15 AM EST for Menifee County, Montgomery County, Powell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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
- Jan 30, 2013, 7:15 AM EST (12:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 7:45 AM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Powell County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 7:20 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Means, KY | TREE DOWN ALONG HWY 713. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 4:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 30, 5:51 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 725 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 925 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
006 WFUS53 KJKL 301215 TORJKL KYC165-173-197-301245- /O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0002.130130T1215Z-130130T1245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 715 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHERN POWELL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 745 AM EST * AT 711 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STANTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BEAN...LUCKY STOP...MEANS...CEDAR GROVES...CLAY LICK...FAGAN AND CORNWELL. 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. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. && LAT...LON 3802 8377 3788 8363 3782 8388 3787 8392 TIME...MOT...LOC 1215Z 235DEG 57KT 3788 8381 $$ ABE
2 follow-up statements
828 WWUS53 KJKL 301225 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 725 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 KYC173-197-301235- /O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130130T1245Z/ MONTGOMERY KY-POWELL KY- 725 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN POWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3798 8374 3789 8365 3788 8372 3792 8376 TIME...MOT...LOC 1225Z 242DEG 44KT 3793 8370 $$ KYC165-301245- /O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130130T1245Z/ MENIFEE KY- 725 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MENIFEE COUNTY UNTIL 745 AM EST... AT 723 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAGAN...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRENCHBURG... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN MENIFEE COUNTY. 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 3798 8374 3789 8365 3788 8372 3792 8376 TIME...MOT...LOC 1225Z 242DEG 44KT 3793 8370 $$ HAL
573 WWUS53 KJKL 301228 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 728 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 KYC165-301239- /O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130130T1245Z/ MENIFEE KY- 728 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MENIFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3798 8374 3789 8365 3788 8372 3792 8376 TIME...MOT...LOC 1229Z 242DEG 44KT 3795 8364 $$ HAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 5:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 46 min |
| Jan 30, 6:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, Whitley | 53 min |
| Jan 30, 6:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 32 min |
| Jan 30, 6:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Owsley and 3 more | 49 min |
| Jan 30, 6:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan | 48 min |
| Jan 30, 6:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle | 40 min |
| Jan 30, 7:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley | 41 min |
| Jan 30, 7:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 49 min |
| Jan 30, 7:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley and 3 more | 47 min |
| Jan 30, 7:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knott and 6 more | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 8:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more | 44 min |
| Jan 30, 8:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin and 1 more | 41 min |
| Jan 30, 8:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 63 min |
| Jan 30, 8:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Martin, Pike | 53 min |
| Jan 30, 8:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike | 47 min |
| Jan 30, 11:58 AM EST | Flood Watch | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson and 12 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:08 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:15 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Letcher | 18 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:40 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Knox, Whitley | 24 hr |
| Jan 30, 5:39 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Magoffin and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Jan 30, 5:54 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike | 6 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.