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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 381

May 27, 20005 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 27, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2000, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 83 counties

Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Estill County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Cherokee County, NC, Graham County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Polk County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Buchanan County, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Wise County, VA, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton, Putnam43 min
May 27, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXPickett43 min
May 27, 6:10 PM EDTTornado WarningOHXJackson, Overton35 min
May 27, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland49 min
May 27, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWayne40 min
May 27, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress43 min
May 27, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Wayne58 min
May 27, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan, Scott52 min
May 27, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWhitley61 min
May 27, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson, Roane40 min
May 27, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCampbell40 min
May 27, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHamilton36 min
May 27, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Knox65 min
May 27, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMeigs31 min
May 27, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan60 min
May 27, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXKnox, Union45 min
May 27, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount45 min
May 27, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMonroe32 min
May 27, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGrainger, Jefferson44 min
May 27, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSevier44 min
May 27, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXHancock, Hawkins45 min
May 27, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCocke, Hamblen45 min
May 27, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLee, Scott35 min
May 27, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXGreene41 min
May 27, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount, Sevier26 min
May 27, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBradley34 min
May 27, 9:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCherokee36 min

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2000-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1998 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 2000-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 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
1998 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
12.0

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Clay, Clinton and 13 more5 hr
May 27, 1:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHenderson, Union, Webster6 hr
May 27, 11:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken and 1 more5 hr
May 27, 3:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Calloway, Casey and 22 more6 hr
May 27, 2:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 37 more6 hr
May 27, 4:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 37 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2000Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2000

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.