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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jackson, KY

April 7, 20154 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2015, 8:28 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 20 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
Apr 7, 2015, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2015, 8:48 PM EDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Breathitt County, KY, Lee County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 7, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 2015-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 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 2015-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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.

449 
WFUS53 KJKL 080028
TORJKL
KYC025-129-153-237-080115-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0005.150408T0028Z-150408T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
828 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN BREATHITT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN WOLFE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
  WEST CENTRAL MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
    
* AT 828 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...SALYERSVILLE...CAMPTON...SIMPSON...MALAGA...CORNELIA...
  SEWELL...LANE...DAISYDELL...VADA...HAGER...SEILTZ...VANCLEVE...
  GILMORE...CUTUNO...GUAGE...LAMBRIC...AIREDALE...HAGINSVILLE AND
  BURKHART.

THIS INCLUDES BERT T. COMBS MOUNTAIN PARKWAY NEAR MILE MARKER 43...
NEAR MILE MARKER 46...BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 51...BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 53 AND 55...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND 75.
 
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 3776 8307 3750 8309 3760 8364 3774 8363
      3775 8331 3774 8329 3772 8328 3771 8326
      3774 8324 3775 8325
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 272DEG 24KT 3765 8354 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JP
2 follow-up statements
600 
WWUS53 KJKL 080041
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
841 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015

KYC129-080050-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150408T0115Z/
LEE KY-
841 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF LEE COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3776 8307 3750 8309 3758 8352 3774 8352
      3775 8331 3774 8329 3772 8328 3771 8326
      3774 8324 3775 8325
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 272DEG 24KT 3765 8344 

$$

KYC025-153-237-080115-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150408T0115Z/
BREATHITT KY-WOLFE KY-MAGOFFIN KY-
841 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
BREATHITT...SOUTHEASTERN WOLFE AND WEST CENTRAL MAGOFFIN COUNTIES...
    
AT 840 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER WILHURST...OR NEAR JACKSON...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...SALYERSVILLE...SIMPSON...MALAGA...CORNELIA...SEWELL...
LANE...DAISYDELL...HAGER...SEILTZ...VANCLEVE...GILMORE...CUTUNO...
GUAGE...LAMBRIC...HAGINSVILLE...BURKHART...EPSON...BAPTIST AND DALE.

THIS INCLUDES BERT T. COMBS MOUNTAIN PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49
AND 51...BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 55...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64
AND 75.
 
LAT...LON 3776 8307 3750 8309 3758 8352 3774 8352
      3775 8331 3774 8329 3772 8328 3771 8326
      3774 8324 3775 8325
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 272DEG 24KT 3765 8344 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JP
547 
WWUS53 KJKL 080048
SVSJKL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
848 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015

KYC025-153-237-080058-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150408T0115Z/
BREATHITT KY-WOLFE KY-MAGOFFIN KY-
848 PM EDT TUE APR 7 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BREATHITT...SOUTHEASTERN WOLFE
AND WEST CENTRAL MAGOFFIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
JACKSON KY.

LAT...LON 3776 8307 3750 8309 3758 8352 3774 8352
      3775 8331 3774 8329 3772 8328 3771 8326
      3774 8324 3775 8325
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 272DEG 24KT 3765 8337 

$$

JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMcCreary, Wayne35 min
Apr 7, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe31 min
Apr 7, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLClay, Laurel, Rockcastle60 min
Apr 7, 8:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley23 min
Apr 7, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley30 min
Apr 8, 4:25 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryJKLBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more3 hr
Apr 8, 5:31 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLWhitley54 hr
Apr 8, 6:03 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLLee4 days
Apr 8, 6:03 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill5 days
Apr 8, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming, Rowan42 min
Apr 8, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming, Rowan34 min
Apr 8, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLRowan25 min
Apr 8, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Rowan47 min
Apr 8, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Morgan40 min
Apr 8, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Johnson, Morgan50 min
Apr 8, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Martin57 min
Apr 8, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike51 min
Apr 8, 3:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchJKLBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more43 hr
Apr 8, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPike19 min
Apr 8, 6:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBath, Elliott, Fleming, Rowan5 hr
Apr 8, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath, Rowan65 min
Apr 8, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLElliott61 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.