Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 417
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 25, 1998, 3:15 AM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1998, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1998, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties
Alexander County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Posey County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Montgomery County, TN
Warnings issued inside it
9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Francois | 60 min |
| May 25, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Perry | 64 min |
| May 25, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 60 min |
| May 25, 4:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 49 min |
| May 25, 4:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 46 min |
| May 25, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 49 min |
| May 25, 5:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 36 min |
| May 25, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 47 min |
| May 25, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McCracken | 54 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 309 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Spencer | 5 hr |
| May 25, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barren, Calloway, Christian, Clinton, Cumberland and 15 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell | 6 hr |
| May 24, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 22 more | 7 hr |
| May 25, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Howell, McDonald, Newton, Oregon, Ozark and 2 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 1998Every severe thunderstorm watch in 1998
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.