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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2021, 11:25 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 12 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
- Mar 25, 2021, 11:25 PM EDT (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2021, 11:37 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 10:26 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 2 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 657 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 631 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted.
854
WFUS53 KJKL 260325
TORJKL
KYC199-231-260400-
/O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0003.210326T0325Z-210326T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
1125 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Wayne County in south central Kentucky...
Pulaski County in south central Kentucky...
* Until midnight EDT.
* At 1125 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Naomi, or 10 miles north of Monticello,
moving northeast at 55 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...
Nancy around 1130 PM EDT.
Pulaski County Park around 1135 PM EDT.
Somerset around 1140 PM EDT.
Dabney around 1145 PM EDT.
Shopville around 1150 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Trimble.
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 3695 8491 3700 8484 3703 8489 3731 8449
3716 8429 3712 8430 3712 8428 3711 8429
3709 8429 3707 8432 3706 8432 3681 8484
3696 8493
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 234DEG 47KT 3698 8480
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JMW1 follow-up statement
458
WWUS53 KJKL 260337
SVSJKL
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
1137 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
KYC199-231-260347-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210326T0400Z/
Wayne KY-Pulaski KY-
1137 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND PULASKI COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM EDT for south central
Kentucky.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
JACKSON KY.
LAT...LON 3695 8491 3700 8484 3703 8489 3731 8449
3716 8429 3712 8430 3712 8428 3711 8429
3709 8429 3707 8432 3706 8432 3681 8484
3696 8493
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 234DEG 47KT 3708 8463
$$
JMWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Powell | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott, Menifee | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Montgomery | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knox, Whitley | 23 min |
| Mar 25, 10:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 37 min |
| Mar 25, 11:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 11:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 11:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knott, Leslie, Perry | 30 min |
| Mar 25, 11:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Letcher | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 11:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 11:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 12:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Fleming | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 12:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Owsley | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 1:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 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.