Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2013, 7:12 PM EDT for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min. 4 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
- Apr 11, 2013, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2013, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Bath County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Rowan County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:16 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Salt Lick, KY | TWO TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON US HWY 60 AND MOORES FERRY ROAD IN SALT LICK. |
| Apr 11, 7:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Moores Ferry, KY | TREES AND POWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON KY HWY 211 IN MOORES FERRY. |
| Apr 11, 7:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Preston, KY | A POWER POLE WAS BLOWN DOWN ONTO A HOME IN THE STULLTOWN COMMUNITY NEAR PRESTON. |
| Apr 11, 7:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Morehead, KY | TREE BLOWN DOWN AND BLOCKING A PORTION OF I-64 NEAR MILE MARKER 135. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KJKL 112312
TORJKL
KYC011-063-069-165-173-205-112345-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0004.130411T2312Z-130411T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
712 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN ELLIOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
ROWAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 707 PM EDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR
PRESTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOREHEAD...FLEMINGSBURG...CRAIGS...BETHEL...MARSHALL...PEASTICKS...
SLATE VALLEY...POLKSVILLE...SALT LICK...YALE...ODESSA...MIDLAND...
ZILPO...MOORE'S FERRY...WYOMING...SHERBURNE...COGSWELL...PEBBLE...
FARMERS AND RAMEY.
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON
KY.
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 A BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3850 8359 3843 8357 3839 8345 3839 8340
3832 8333 3823 8330 3820 8326 3820 8323
3824 8322 3827 8317 3823 8310 3791 8376
3792 8377 3818 8399 3831 8384 3835 8387
3850 8376 3853 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 218DEG 39KT 3813 8371
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DUSTY2 follow-up statements
233
WWUS53 KJKL 112332
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
732 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013
KYC173-112340-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130411T2345Z/
MONTGOMERY KY-
732 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3850 8359 3843 8357 3839 8345 3839 8340
3832 8333 3823 8330 3820 8326 3820 8323
3824 8322 3827 8317 3823 8310 3796 8365
3800 8365 3812 8364 3821 8377 3831 8384
3835 8387 3850 8376 3853 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 218DEG 39KT 3828 8355
$$
KYC011-063-069-165-205-112345-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130411T2345Z/
MENIFEE KY-ROWAN KY-BATH KY-ELLIOTT KY-FLEMING KY-
732 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FLEMING...NORTHWESTERN
ELLIOTT...EASTERN BATH...ROWAN AND NORTH CENTRAL MENIFEE COUNTIES
UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
AT 725 PM EDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR SHARKEY...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLEMINGSBURG...CHRISTY...HAYS CROSSING...PLUMMERS LANDING...
GODDARD...CRANSTON...WAGNER STORE...GATES...VALE...ELLIOTTVILLE...
MUSES MILLS...WALLINGFORD...WALTZ...DALESBURG...TRIPLETT...
HALDEMAN...MOUNT CARMEL...PLEASUREVILLE AND FOXPORT.
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 3850 8359 3843 8357 3839 8345 3839 8340
3832 8333 3823 8330 3820 8326 3820 8323
3824 8322 3827 8317 3823 8310 3796 8365
3800 8365 3812 8364 3821 8377 3831 8384
3835 8387 3850 8376 3853 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 218DEG 39KT 3828 8355
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PELTON370
WWUS53 KJKL 112339
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
739 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013
KYC011-063-069-165-205-112349-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130411T2345Z/
MENIFEE KY-ROWAN KY-BATH KY-ELLIOTT KY-FLEMING KY-
739 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FLEMING...NORTHWESTERN ELLIOTT...EASTERN
BATH...ROWAN AND NORTH CENTRAL MENIFEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM
EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSON KY.
LAT...LON 3850 8359 3843 8357 3839 8345 3839 8340
3832 8333 3823 8330 3820 8326 3820 8323
3824 8322 3827 8317 3823 8310 3796 8365
3800 8365 3812 8364 3821 8377 3831 8384
3835 8387 3850 8376 3853 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 218DEG 39KT 3836 8347
$$
DUSTYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Whitley | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 37 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.