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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 42

February 18, 200045 counties in Kentucky

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Feb 18, 2000, 7:00 PM CST for 45 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2000, 7:00 PM CST (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2000, 11:00 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties

Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Green County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 7:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill37 min
Feb 18, 7:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJKLElliott, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell5 hr
Feb 18, 7:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPowell, Wolfe22 min
Feb 18, 7:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMorgan30 min
Feb 18, 7:48 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKCasey22 min
Feb 18, 7:58 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKLincoln17 min

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 00:00Z on 2000-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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 00:00Z on 2000-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 596 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
596 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
715 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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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.