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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jackson, KY

November 17, 2013Fleming County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 7:15 PM EST for Fleming County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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: Nov 17, 2013, 7:15 PM EST (00:15 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2013, 7:45 PM EST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Fleming County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 362 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 439 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 474 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

793 
WFUS53 KJKL 180015
TORJKL
KYC069-180045-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0007.131118T0015Z-131118T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
715 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FLEMING COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 745 PM EST

* AT 714 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARLISLE...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 70 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
           WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FLEMINGSBURG...COWAN...NEPTON...ELIZAVILLE...CRAINTOWN...
  DALESBURG...MOUNT CARMEL...WALLINGFORD...PLEASUREVILLE...FOXPORT...
  FAIRVIEW...EWING AND FLEMINGSBURG JUNCTION.

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 3851 8362 3850 8359 3846 8357 3843 8357
      3840 8348 3838 8393 3842 8395 3844 8399
      3845 8399 3849 8394 3846 8385 3853 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 260DEG 63KT 3842 8407

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

KAS

1 follow-up statement

192 
WWUS53 KJKL 180039
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
739 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

KYC069-180049-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-131118T0045Z/
FLEMING KY-
739 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN FLEMING COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745
PM EST...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.  HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3851 8362 3850 8359 3846 8357 3843 8357
      3840 8348 3838 8393 3842 8395 3844 8399
      3845 8399 3849 8394 3846 8385 3853 8364
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 262DEG 41KT 3848 8360

$$

SHALLENBERGER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 17, 7:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Fleming	52 min
Nov 17, 8:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	46 min
Nov 17, 8:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	34 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.