Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2015, 6:50 PM EDT for Estill County, Jackson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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
- Apr 7, 2015, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2015, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Estill County, KY, Jackson County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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 7, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Irvine, KY | LOCATED ALONG HWY 499. TURNED OVER AND BLEW A 100 LB. PLAYSET ABOUT 40 FEET. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
277
WFUS53 KJKL 072250
TORJKL
KYC065-109-072315-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0002.150407T2250Z-150407T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
650 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN ESTILL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 650 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHMOND...OR 17 MILES WEST OF IRVINE...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
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...
IRVINE...RAVENNA...LOCUST BRANCH...NORTH IRVINE...WEST IRVINE...
WITT...PITTS...BLACKBURN...SOUTH IRVINE...RICE STATION...
WAGERSVILLE...DRIP ROCK...LAKES...BLANTON FLATS...STATION CAMP...
SANDHILL...WILLOW TREE...ALCORN...LEIGHTON AND TEXOLA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3756 8415 3757 8409 3761 8412 3765 8413
3767 8409 3768 8410 3772 8410 3773 8409
3772 8383 3745 8394 3755 8418
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 280DEG 22KT 3766 8429
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
JP1 follow-up statement
175
WWUS53 KJKL 072313
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
713 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015
KYC065-109-072321-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150407T2315Z/
JACKSON KY-ESTILL KY-
713 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN
ESTILL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...
THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT HAS BEEN REISSUED
FOR ESTILL AND JACKSON COUNTIES AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT.
PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ESTILL...
NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON...AND WESTERN LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 3756 8415 3757 8409 3761 8412 3765 8413
3767 8409 3768 8410 3772 8410 3773 8409
3772 8383 3745 8394 3755 8418
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 280DEG 22KT 3766 8429
$$
JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 9:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 9:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 6:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee | 50 min |
| Apr 7, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 56 min |
| Apr 7, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 3 more | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Wolfe | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 7:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Powell, Wolfe | 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.