Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2017, 3:02 PM EDT for Breathitt County, Perry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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
- Sep 1, 2017, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2017, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Breathitt County, KY, Perry County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 1381 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
257
WFUS53 KJKL 011902
TORJKL
KYC025-193-011930-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0008.170901T1902Z-170901T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
302 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2017
The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Perry County in southeastern Kentucky...
Southeastern Breathitt County in southeastern Kentucky...
* Until 330 PM EDT
* At 301 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Rowdy, or 9 miles north of Hazard, moving north 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Noble around 310 PM EDT.
Decoy around 325 PM EDT.
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 3737 8324 3754 8320 3752 8308 3752 8310
3750 8309 3746 8313 3743 8313 3735 8318
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 202DEG 19KT 3739 8320
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RAY2 follow-up statements
084
WWUS53 KJKL 011912
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
312 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2017
KYC193-011921-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170901T1930Z/
Perry KY-
312 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3742 8320 3744 8322 3754 8320 3752 8310
3750 8309 3746 8313 3743 8313 3741 8314
3741 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 202DEG 19KT 3744 8317
$$
KYC025-011930-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170901T1930Z/
Breathitt KY-
312 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BREATHITT COUNTY...
At 311 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Noble, or 12 miles northwest of Hindman, moving
north 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.
This storm will be near...Decoy around 325 PM EDT.
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 3742 8320 3744 8322 3754 8320 3752 8310
3750 8309 3746 8313 3743 8313 3741 8314
3741 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 202DEG 19KT 3744 8317
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RAY258
WWUS53 KJKL 011926
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
326 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2017
KYC025-011935-
/O.EXP.KJKL.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170901T1930Z/
Breathitt KY-
326 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BREATHITT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 330 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty winds
are still possible with this storm.
LAT...LON 3742 8320 3744 8322 3754 8320 3752 8310
3750 8309 3746 8313 3743 8313 3741 8314
3741 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 202DEG 19KT 3750 8314
$$
RAYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 11:15 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 11:15 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Perry | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knott | 22 min |
| Sep 1, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 26 min |
| Sep 1, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 26 min |
| Sep 1, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Johnson | 23 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.