Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 418

June 13, 199724 counties in Indiana; 42 counties in Kentucky; 37 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 13, 1997, 2:15 PM EDT for 24 counties in Indiana; 42 counties in Kentucky; 37 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1997, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1997, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 103 counties

Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Christian County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Larue County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marion County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Moore County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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.

Warnings issued inside it

35 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXLawrence, Lewis, Wayne46 min
Jun 13, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson42 min
Jun 13, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMuhlenberg26 min
Jun 13, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Perry30 min
Jun 13, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Maury43 min
Jun 13, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison33 min
Jun 13, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson33 min
Jun 13, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson36 min
Jun 13, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer35 min
Jun 13, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner48 min
Jun 13, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Williamson50 min
Jun 13, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale31 min
Jun 13, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson46 min
Jun 13, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Smith45 min
Jun 13, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Warren35 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay30 min
Jun 13, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb29 min
Jun 13, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFranklin29 min
Jun 13, 5:54 PM EDTTornado WarningOHXFranklin51 min
Jun 13, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTrigg37 min
Jun 13, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton52 min
Jun 13, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart44 min
Jun 13, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys57 min
Jun 13, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian40 min
Jun 13, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMuhlenberg, Todd43 min
Jun 13, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan31 min
Jun 13, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton49 min
Jun 13, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler33 min
Jun 13, 7:16 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg29 min
Jun 13, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson67 min
Jun 13, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Perry64 min
Jun 13, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Simpson, Warren32 min
Jun 13, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery, Robertson40 min
Jun 13, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Grayson42 min
Jun 13, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham31 min

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCSwitzerland5 hr
Jun 13, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarter, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock and 7 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch in 1997

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.