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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY

July 27, 2014Estill County, Lee County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2014, 12:38 PM EDT for Estill County, Lee County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 min. 6 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: Jul 27, 2014, 12:38 PM EDT (16:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2014, 1:15 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Estill County, KY, Lee County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:41 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
Jul 27, 1:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 N Beattyville, KY	TREE ACROSS HOPEWELL ROAD.
Jul 27, 1:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 W Beattyville, KY	TREE ACROSS BLACK RIDGE ROAD
Jul 27, 1:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Proctor, KY	ONE TREE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 11S IN THE PROCTOR AREA.
Jul 27, 1:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Beattyville, KY	TREE ACROSS ROAD AT OLD RAILROAD BED ROAD.
Jul 27, 1:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 E Beattyville, KY	TREE ACROSS ROAD BLANKEY BRANCH RD.
Jul 27, 1:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 E Beattyville, KY	TREE ACROSS GILLIAM ROAD.

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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 205 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: 426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

207 
WFUS53 KJKL 271638
TORJKL
KYC065-129-271715-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0004.140727T1638Z-140727T1715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1238 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ESTILL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 115 PM EDT

* AT 1235 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WISEMANTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
  TEXOLA AND PRYSE AROUND 1245 PM EDT.
  OLD LANDING AND WHYNOT AROUND 1250 PM EDT.
  MOUNT OLIVE AND BEATTYVILLE AROUND 1255 PM EDT.
  ST. HELENS AND AIREDALE AROUND 100 PM EDT.
  MONICA AND CANYON FALLS AROUND 105 PM EDT.
  WIDECREEK AROUND 110 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE UNION.

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 3771 8368 3766 8361 3764 8353 3750 8358
      3751 8360 3751 8362 3754 8363 3754 8365
      3751 8369 3752 8372 3751 8375 3762 8412
      3779 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 1638Z 289DEG 41KT 3768 8396

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

GREIF

3 follow-up statements

888 
WWUS53 KJKL 271650
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1250 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

KYC065-129-271715-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140727T1715Z/
LEE KY-ESTILL KY-
1250 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ESTILL AND
LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM EDT...

AT 1249 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PINNACLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
  WHYNOT AND YELLOW ROCK AROUND 1255 PM EDT.
  MOUNT OLIVE AND MALONEY AROUND 100 PM EDT.
  ST. HELENS AND AIREDALE AROUND 105 PM EDT.
  MONICA AND CANYON FALLS AROUND 110 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE UNION.

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 3770 8368 3766 8361 3764 8353 3750 8358
      3751 8360 3751 8362 3754 8363 3754 8365
      3751 8369 3758 8395 3775 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 288DEG 36KT 3763 8382

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

GREIF

452 
WWUS53 KJKL 271701
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
101 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

KYC065-271711-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140727T1715Z/
ESTILL KY-
101 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ESTILL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3770 8368 3766 8361 3764 8353 3750 8358
      3751 8360 3751 8362 3754 8363 3754 8365
      3751 8369 3756 8385 3771 8375
TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 288DEG 36KT 3760 8369

$$

KYC129-271715-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140727T1715Z/
LEE KY-
101 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LEE COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM
EDT...

AT 1259 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT OLIVE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
  CANYON FALLS AND MONICA AROUND 110 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE UNION.

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 3770 8368 3766 8361 3764 8353 3750 8358
      3751 8360 3751 8362 3754 8363 3754 8365
      3751 8369 3756 8385 3771 8375
TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 288DEG 36KT 3760 8369

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

630 
WWUS53 KJKL 271714
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
114 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

KYC129-271724-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140727T1715Z/
LEE KY-
114 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 115 PM EDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3770 8368 3766 8361 3764 8353 3750 8358
      3751 8360 3751 8362 3754 8363 3754 8365
      3751 8369 3756 8385 3771 8375
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 288DEG 36KT 3756 8353

$$

RICHEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 10:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	22 min
Jul 27, 12:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Estill, Powell	24 min
Jul 27, 12:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe	4 hr
Jul 27, 12:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee, Owsley, Powell, Wolfe	51 min
Jul 27, 12:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Menifee, Powell, Wolfe	23 min
Jul 27, 12:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt	4 hr
Jul 27, 1:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Montgomery	4 hr
Jul 27, 1:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley, Perry	41 min
Jul 27, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Montgomery	46 min
Jul 27, 1:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle	51 min
Jul 27, 1:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Perry	5 hr
Jul 27, 1:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe	4 hr
Jul 27, 2:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel	28 min
Jul 27, 2:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle	4 hr
Jul 27, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe	25 min
Jul 27, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knott, Letcher, Perry	52 min
Jul 27, 2:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	46 min
Jul 27, 2:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Letcher	3 hr
Jul 27, 2:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle	4 hr
Jul 27, 2:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Wayne	32 min
Jul 27, 2:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	4 hr
Jul 27, 2:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle	38 min
Jul 27, 2:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	McCreary, Wayne	49 min
Jul 27, 2:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Wayne	4 hr
Jul 27, 3:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Leslie, Perry	34 min
Jul 27, 3:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	31 min
Jul 27, 3:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	4 hr
Jul 27, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski	46 min
Jul 27, 3:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Leslie	51 min
Jul 27, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley	50 min
Jul 27, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	42 min
Jul 27, 4:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson	25 min
Jul 27, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Leslie, Letcher	49 min
Jul 27, 4:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Harlan, Leslie	45 min
Jul 27, 4:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Clay	4 hr
Jul 27, 4:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	35 min
Jul 27, 4:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Leslie, Perry	45 min
Jul 27, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	39 min
Jul 27, 4:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	38 min
Jul 27, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	64 min
Jul 27, 5:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	6 hr
Jul 27, 5:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	35 min
Jul 27, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	48 min
Jul 27, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Whitley	41 min
Jul 27, 5:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, McCreary, Whitley	3 hr
Jul 27, 7:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Fleming, Rowan	51 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.