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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Jackson, KY

October 7, 20144 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2014, 8:56 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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
Oct 7, 2014, 8:56 PM EDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 2014, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Floyd County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Morgan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 7, 9:00 PM EDTHAIL 0.258 Nw Salyersville, KY
Oct 7, 9:13 PM EDTHAIL 15 N Salyersville, KY

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 7, 2:02 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2014-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2014-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1166 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

486 
WFUS53 KJKL 080056
TORJKL
KYC071-115-153-175-080130-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0035.141008T0056Z-141008T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
856 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 855 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PANAMA...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLOOMINGTON AND WONNIE AROUND 905 PM EDT.
  PERLIE AND CYRUS AROUND 910 PM EDT.
  FALCON AND BROWNLOW AROUND 915 PM EDT.
  BALLOT AND DOBSON AROUND 920 PM EDT.
  PATRICK AND EAST POINT AROUND 925 PM EDT.
  NERO AND PRESTONSBURG AROUND 930 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MAGGARD...LICKBURG...EMMA...
BLAIR AND BUFFALO.

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 3763 8273 3781 8339 3781 8341 3782 8344
      3784 8344 3791 8335 3779 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 285DEG 46KT 3785 8329

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KAS
2 follow-up statements
965 
WWUS53 KJKL 080115 RRA
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
915 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

KYC175-080125-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-141008T0130Z/
MORGAN KY-
915 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3763 8273 3776 8321 3782 8319 3782 8318
      3784 8317 3786 8312 3786 8310 3779 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 285DEG 46KT 3778 8299

$$

KYC071-115-153-080130-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-141008T0130Z/
JOHNSON KY-MAGOFFIN KY-FLOYD KY-
915 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN FLOYD...
NORTHERN MAGOFFIN AND SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT...

AT 914 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FALCON...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
         LIKELY.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BALLOT AND DOBSON AROUND 920 PM EDT.
  LEANDER AND PATRICK AROUND 925 PM EDT.
  AUXIER AND BAYS BRANCH AROUND 930 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLAIR AND BUFFALO.

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 3763 8273 3776 8321 3782 8319 3782 8318
      3784 8317 3786 8312 3786 8310 3779 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 285DEG 46KT 3778 8299

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

JMW
314 
WWUS53 KJKL 080129
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
929 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

KYC071-115-153-080137-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-141008T0130Z/
JOHNSON KY-MAGOFFIN KY-FLOYD KY-
929 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FLOYD...NORTHERN MAGOFFIN AND
SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ANOTHER 
WARNING HAS BEEN REISSUED FOR THE SAME STORM...

PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3763 8273 3776 8321 3782 8319 3782 8318
      3784 8317 3786 8312 3786 8310 3779 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 285DEG 46KT 3774 8280

$$

JMW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 8:03 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMenifee, Montgomery27 min
Oct 7, 8:07 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLJohnson, Magoffin, Morgan53 min
Oct 7, 8:23 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMenifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Wolfe37 min
Oct 7, 8:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Elliott, Fleming, Morgan, Rowan4 hr
Oct 7, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Martin46 min
Oct 7, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery55 min
Oct 7, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan53 min
Oct 7, 8:41 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery34 min
Oct 7, 8:47 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMartin13 min
Oct 7, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMartin31 min
Oct 7, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMenifee, Powell24 min
Oct 7, 9:27 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Martin18 min
Oct 7, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJohnson, Magoffin, Morgan22 min
Oct 7, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMartin31 min
Oct 7, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin, Wolfe28 min
Oct 7, 9:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJohnson, Martin49 min
Oct 7, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin29 min
Oct 7, 10:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee and 5 more3 hr
Oct 7, 10:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFloyd, Magoffin26 min
Oct 7, 10:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMartin35 min
Oct 7, 10:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLEstill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe29 min
Oct 7, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Pike18 min
Oct 7, 10:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPike31 min
Oct 7, 11:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFloyd, Magoffin24 min
Oct 7, 11:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Pike, Wolfe2 hr
Oct 7, 11:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Magoffin, Pike4 hr
Oct 7, 11:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Clay, Jackson, Knott, Laurel, Leslie and 4 more3 hr
Oct 7, 11:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLClay, Laurel40 min
Oct 8, 12:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLaurel31 min
Oct 8, 12:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLClay, Laurel, Leslie, Perry, Pulaski3 hr
Oct 8, 12:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay, Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle4 hr
Oct 8, 12:44 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry and 1 more2 hr
Oct 8, 12:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLHarlan53 min
Oct 8, 1:33 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 1 more2 hr
Oct 8, 1:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLHarlan26 min
Oct 8, 2:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMcCreary49 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.