Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches in 1998
Tornado Watch 580
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 14, 1998, 6:30 PM CDT for 7 counties in Illinois; 32 counties in Indiana; 35 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1998, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1998, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 74 counties
Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur 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, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vigo 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, Christian County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Larue County, KY, Logan 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, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Webster County, KY
Warnings issued inside it
26 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union, Webster | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McLean, Muhlenberg | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Vanderburgh | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer, Warrick | 65 min |
| Jun 14, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 8:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Logan | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Jasper, Richland | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Hart | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 9:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Metcalfe | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Taylor | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren | 30 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Calhoun, Christian, Clark, Clay and 42 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Knox, Logan and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Alexander, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass and 40 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Clinton, Cumberland and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Calloway, Fulton, Monroe, Simpson | 6 hr |
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.