Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 42
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 7:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill | 37 min |
| Feb 18, 7:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell | 5 hr |
| Feb 18, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Powell, Wolfe | 22 min |
| Feb 18, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan | 30 min |
| Feb 18, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 22 min |
| Feb 18, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 17 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.
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.