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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 190

April 20, 20005 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 20, 2000, 7:15 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2000, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2000, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 121 counties

Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Adams County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Brown County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Mercer County, PA, City of Norton, VA, Lee County, VA, Wise County, VA, Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine35 min
Apr 20, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Madison63 min
Apr 20, 7:30 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKFayette30 min
Apr 20, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown61 min
Apr 20, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey25 min
Apr 20, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland32 min
Apr 20, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon32 min
Apr 20, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin50 min
Apr 20, 7:48 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland27 min
Apr 20, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln38 min
Apr 20, 7:55 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLFleming35 min
Apr 20, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNicholas30 min
Apr 20, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison36 min
Apr 20, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland46 min
Apr 20, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski, Rockcastle63 min
Apr 20, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWayne63 min
Apr 20, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath60 min
Apr 20, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton15 min
Apr 20, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss45 min
Apr 20, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMontgomery36 min
Apr 20, 8:30 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLFleming30 min
Apr 20, 8:35 PM EDTTornado WarningILNLewis60 min
Apr 20, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain33 min
Apr 20, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRowan32 min
Apr 20, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Jackson43 min
Apr 20, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCarter, Greenup51 min
Apr 20, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Hocking43 min
Apr 20, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNScioto42 min
Apr 20, 9:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee52 min
Apr 20, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWolfe50 min
Apr 20, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence25 min
Apr 20, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMagoffin, Morgan44 min
Apr 20, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay52 min
Apr 20, 9:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnox49 min
Apr 20, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Tuscarawas62 min
Apr 20, 10:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson, Morgan26 min
Apr 20, 10:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Whitley53 min
Apr 20, 10:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZTuscarawas64 min
Apr 20, 10:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana63 min
Apr 20, 10:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson61 min
Apr 20, 10:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson28 min
Apr 20, 10:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey63 min
Apr 20, 10:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie47 min
Apr 20, 10:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZLawrence, Mercer58 min
Apr 20, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLeslie40 min
Apr 20, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZNoble65 min
Apr 20, 10:44 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell, Whitley16 min
Apr 20, 10:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMonroe65 min
Apr 20, 10:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnott, Perry56 min
Apr 20, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBelmont, Harrison60 min

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1769 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 3:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Boyle and 47 more5 hr
Apr 20, 2:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Defiance, Fulton and 17 more6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.