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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 424

June 13, 199730 counties in Kentucky; 34 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 13, 1997, 7:00 PM CDT for 30 counties in Kentucky; 34 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1997, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1997, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 64 counties

Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Hickman 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, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson54 min
Jun 13, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner62 min
Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Hart30 min
Jun 13, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson56 min
Jun 13, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman36 min
Jun 13, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe33 min
Jun 13, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon, Trousdale46 min
Jun 13, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson55 min
Jun 13, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland30 min
Jun 13, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford65 min
Jun 13, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson59 min
Jun 13, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilson49 min
Jun 13, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson42 min
Jun 13, 11:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Williamson3 hr
Jun 13, 11:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson3 hr
Jun 13, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson42 min

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 10 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1997-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 752 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1997-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
752 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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

Nearby

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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.