Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 712

August 27, 20009 counties in Illinois; 9 counties in Indiana; 22 counties in Kentucky

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 27, 2000, 1:30 AM CDT for 9 counties in Illinois; 9 counties in Indiana; 22 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2000, 1:30 AM CDT (06:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2000, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Edwards County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Pope County, IL, Saline County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGibson, Posey, Vanderburgh49 min
Aug 27, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess37 min
Aug 27, 2:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Warren37 min
Aug 27, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson, Ohio14 min
Aug 27, 4:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHGibson119 min

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2000-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 390 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 2000-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
390 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-271 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1359 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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
Aug 26, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 34 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 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.