Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2017, 8:33 PM EDT for Bath County, Montgomery County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 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 5, 2017, 8:33 PM EDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bath County, KY, Montgomery County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:36 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Grassy Lick, KY | REPORT OF ROTATING FUNNEL CLOUD ON GRASSY LICK ROAD. |
| Apr 5, 8:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Olympia, KY | TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 36 EAST AT OLYMPIA. |
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 5, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
506
WFUS53 KJKL 060033
TORJKL
KYC011-173-060100-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0002.170406T0033Z-170406T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
833 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Montgomery County in east central Kentucky...
Western Bath County in east central Kentucky...
* Until 900 PM EDT
* At 833 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Grassy Lick, or near Mount Sterling, moving
northeast at 45 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Judy, Ewington and Gatewoods Station around 840 PM EDT.
Sharpsburg, Stoops, Flat Creek, Stepstone, Howards Mill and Peeled
Oak around 845 PM EDT.
Kendall Springs and Preston around 850 PM EDT.
Owingsville, Reynoldsville, Bethel and Bourbon Furnace around 855
PM EDT.
Marshall, Odessa, Slate Valley, Craigs and Peasticks around 900 PM
EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Sewell
Shop.
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 outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3828 8382 3828 8380 3810 8364 3800 8401
3811 8408 3813 8406 3817 8399 3819 8398
3830 8384 3830 8382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 236DEG 37KT 3807 8403
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
AR2 follow-up statements
415
WWUS53 KJKL 060052
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
852 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
KYC011-173-060100-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170406T0100Z/
Montgomery KY-Bath KY-
852 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND WESTERN BATH COUNTIES...
At 851 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Craigs, or over Owingsville, moving northeast at 50
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Dispatch reported a funnel cloud.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Montgomery and western Bath Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3828 8382 3828 8380 3810 8364 3801 8396
3809 8391 3816 8401 3817 8399 3819 8398
3830 8384 3830 8382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 243DEG 45KT 3815 8372
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JG331
WWUS53 KJKL 060104 RRA
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
904 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
KYC011-173-060114-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170406T0100Z/
Montgomery KY-Bath KY-
904 PM EDT WED APR 5 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND WESTERN BATH
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been allowed to
expire. However gusty winds are still possible with this
thunderstorm.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for east central
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 3828 8382 3828 8380 3810 8364 3801 8396
3809 8391 3816 8401 3817 8399 3819 8398
3830 8384 3830 8382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 236DEG 37KT 3821 8361
$$
JGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Rowan | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rockcastle | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Rowan, Wolfe | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan, Rowan | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Estill, Powell | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Powell, Wolfe | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 10:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Morgan | 29 min |
| Apr 6, 3:55 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 18 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.