Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2015, 4:07 PM EDT for Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 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
- Jun 1, 2015, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2015, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Pike County, KY
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
252
WFUS53 KJKL 012007
TORJKL
KYC195-012030-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0009.150601T2007Z-150601T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
407 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 407 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CANADA...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WILLIAMSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FOREST HILLS...BELFRY...MCANDREWS...HARDY...HUDDY AND CANADA.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 119 IN PIKE COUNTY NEAR MILE MARKER 12...
AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 24.
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 8236 3757 8241 3767 8228 3765 8223
3762 8221 3763 8219 3764 8219 3765 8218
3763 8217 3762 8218 3761 8216 3759 8215
3759 8213
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 239DEG 18KT 3757 8234
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
KAS2 follow-up statements
879
WWUS53 KJKL 012023
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
423 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
KYC195-012030-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150601T2030Z/
PIKE KY-
423 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY...
AT 422 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER HARDY...OR NEAR WILLIAMSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FOREST HILLS...BELFRY...MCANDREWS...HARDY AND HUDDY.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 119 IN PIKE COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 19
AND 24.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3765 8223 3762 8221 3763 8219 3764 8219
3765 8218 3763 8217 3762 8218 3761 8216
3759 8215 3759 8213 3755 8228 3767 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 241DEG 24KT 3761 8224
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
KAS591
WWUS53 KJKL 012030
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
430 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
KYC195-012040-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150601T2030Z/
PIKE KY-
430 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3765 8223 3762 8221 3763 8219 3764 8219
3765 8218 3763 8217 3762 8218 3761 8216
3759 8215 3759 8213 3755 8228 3767 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 239DEG 18KT 3761 8224
$$
KASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| May 31, 8:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Laurel, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Jackson, Laurel | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Owsley, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 62 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.