Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2015, 7:55 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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
- Apr 7, 2015, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2015, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Breathitt County, KY, Estill County, KY, Lee County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 8:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Crystal, KY | TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 52 NEAR HATTON HOLLOW HILL. |
| Apr 7, 8:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Primrose, KY | TREES DOWN ON HWY 52. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 2 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.
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WFUS53 KJKL 072355
TORJKL
KYC025-065-129-237-080030-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0004.150407T2355Z-150408T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
755 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN BREATHITT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN WOLFE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN ESTILL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 754 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CRYSTAL...OR 7 MILES EAST OF IRVINE...
MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
JACKSON...BEATTYVILLE...CAMPTON...SIMPSON...MALAGA...SEWELL...
LANE...WILLOW SHOALS...VADA...PITTS...ST. HELENS...ZACHARIAH...
PATSEY...FIXER...VANCLEVE...GILMORE...FITCHBURG...ROGERS...AIREDALE
AND YEADON.
THIS INCLUDES BERT T. COMBS MOUNTAIN PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41
AND 56.
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 3753 8338 3760 8391 3774 8391 3775 8377
3773 8375 3773 8373 3772 8372 3772 8371
3775 8369 3776 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 273DEG 24KT 3766 8383
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JP1 follow-up statement
254
WWUS53 KJKL 080025
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
825 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015
KYC065-080034-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150408T0030Z/
ESTILL KY-
825 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ESTILL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
ESTILL COUNTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3753 8338 3758 8374 3762 8371 3767 8370
3769 8370 3772 8372 3772 8371 3775 8369
3776 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 273DEG 24KT 3765 8357
$$
KYC025-129-237-080030-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150408T0030Z/
LEE KY-BREATHITT KY-WOLFE KY-
825 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LEE...NORTHWESTERN BREATHITT AND SOUTHWESTERN WOLFE
COUNTIES...
AT 824 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER FLAT...OR NEAR CAMPTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
JACKSON...BEATTYVILLE...CAMPTON...SIMPSON...MALAGA...SEWELL...LANE...
VADA...ST. HELENS...ZACHARIAH...VANCLEVE...GILMORE...ROGERS...
AIREDALE...YEADON...OAKDALE...BAPTIST...ELKATAWA...FIVEMILE AND
STANDING ROCK.
THIS INCLUDES BERT T. COMBS MOUNTAIN PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41
AND 56.
LAT...LON 3753 8338 3758 8374 3762 8371 3767 8370
3769 8370 3772 8372 3772 8371 3775 8369
3776 8336
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 273DEG 24KT 3765 8357
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
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, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson | 25 min |
| 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, 7:57 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.