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Tornado Watch 580

June 14, 19987 counties in Illinois; 32 counties in Indiana; 35 counties in Kentucky

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Shelby35 min
Jun 14, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion, Webster63 min
Jun 14, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Hopkins59 min
Jun 14, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson54 min
Jun 14, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMcLean, Muhlenberg59 min
Jun 14, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess59 min
Jun 14, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHVanderburgh41 min
Jun 14, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer, Warrick65 min
Jun 14, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock, Ohio48 min
Jun 14, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd56 min
Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Grayson50 min
Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge50 min
Jun 14, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg49 min
Jun 14, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan49 min
Jun 14, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan49 min
Jun 14, 8:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLogan2 hr
Jun 14, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningILXJasper, Richland57 min
Jun 14, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Warren45 min
Jun 14, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson44 min
Jun 14, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Hart48 min
Jun 14, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue48 min
Jun 14, 9:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur3 hr
Jun 14, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe46 min
Jun 14, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTaylor46 min
Jun 14, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Warren31 min
Jun 14, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren30 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1998-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 254 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Calhoun, Christian, Clark, Clay and 42 more6 hr
Jun 14, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Knox, Logan and 7 more6 hr
Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Alexander, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass and 40 more7 hr
Jun 14, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall and 1 more7 hr
Jun 14, 10:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Clinton, Cumberland and 12 more5 hr
Jun 14, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Calloway, Fulton, Monroe, Simpson6 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.