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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 746

September 20, 200076 counties in Kentucky; 9 counties in Ohio; 15 counties in West Virginia

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken, Pendleton41 min
Sep 20, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington18 min
Sep 20, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland43 min
Sep 20, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown50 min
Sep 20, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Scott26 min
Sep 20, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer, Woodford37 min
Sep 20, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine47 min
Sep 20, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMason61 min
Sep 20, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike61 min
Sep 20, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle20 min
Sep 20, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming42 min
Sep 20, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNicholas27 min
Sep 20, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Vinton54 min
Sep 20, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLewis81 min
Sep 20, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark27 min
Sep 20, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Montgomery67 min
Sep 20, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Madison33 min
Sep 20, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln38 min
Sep 20, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming, Rowan60 min
Sep 20, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Powell67 min
Sep 20, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Rockcastle67 min
Sep 20, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski67 min
Sep 20, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Jackson56 min
Sep 20, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMeigs56 min
Sep 20, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee53 min
Sep 20, 10:08 PM CDTTornado WarningRLXMason37 min
Sep 20, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRitchie, Wirt44 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2000-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 579 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2000-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 628 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.