Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 746
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 20, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT for 76 counties in Kentucky; 9 counties in Ohio; 15 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2000, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 100 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Perry County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Highland County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
Warnings issued inside it
27 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton | 41 min |
| Sep 20, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 18 min |
| Sep 20, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland | 43 min |
| Sep 20, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 50 min |
| Sep 20, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Scott | 26 min |
| Sep 20, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer, Woodford | 37 min |
| Sep 20, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mason | 61 min |
| Sep 20, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike | 61 min |
| Sep 20, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 20 min |
| Sep 20, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming | 42 min |
| Sep 20, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 27 min |
| Sep 20, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 54 min |
| Sep 20, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 81 min |
| Sep 20, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 27 min |
| Sep 20, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Montgomery | 67 min |
| Sep 20, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 33 min |
| Sep 20, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 38 min |
| Sep 20, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 60 min |
| Sep 20, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Powell | 67 min |
| Sep 20, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 67 min |
| Sep 20, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 67 min |
| Sep 20, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson | 56 min |
| Sep 20, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Meigs | 56 min |
| Sep 20, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee | 53 min |
| Sep 20, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Mason | 37 min |
| Sep 20, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wirt | 44 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 628 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 807 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 15.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 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.