Severe Thunderstorm Watch 692

Issued

Aug 17, 2000, 4:45 PM EST (21:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 2000, 10:00 PM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 692
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
414 PM CDT THU AUG 17 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   SOUTHERN INDIANA                            
   CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY                           

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 445 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF TERRE
HAUTE INDIANA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON KENTUCKY.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. 
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.


DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING VICINITY OF FRONTAL
BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM WCENTRAL INDIANA SEWD INTO ERN KY.  VERY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH CAPES AOA 4000 J/KG IN WARM SECTOR. VEERING
SHEAR PROFILES SUPPORT STORMS ORGANIZING INTO MULTICELLULAR
CLUSTERS AND LINE WITH ISOLATED SUPERCELLS.  GREATEST DAMAGING WIND
THREAT AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE WITH SUPERCELLS AND IN POSSIBLE BOW
ECHOES.


AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 3 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 30025.


...HALES

403,0873 380,0832 362,0832 385,0873

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 2000Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2000

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.