Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches in 2000
Tornado Watch 334
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 23, 2000, 7:15 PM EST for 7 counties in Indiana; 54 counties in Kentucky; 28 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2000, 7:15 PM EST (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2000, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 89 counties
Crawford County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Warren County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
Warnings issued inside it
17 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 58 min |
| May 23, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Vanderburgh, Warrick | 42 min |
| May 23, 7:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe | 32 min |
| May 23, 7:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 47 min |
| May 23, 7:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Green | 28 min |
| May 23, 7:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Houston | 51 min |
| May 23, 8:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Robertson | 68 min |
| May 23, 8:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Russell | 27 min |
| May 23, 8:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 43 min |
| May 23, 9:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Pickett | 29 min |
| May 23, 10:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 38 min |
| May 23, 11:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Webster | 42 min |
| May 23, 11:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner, Trousdale | 25 min |
| May 23, 11:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean | 51 min |
| May 23, 11:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 23 min |
| May 24, 12:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 27 min |
| May 24, 12:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Clay, Pickett | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 1386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 24, 1:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Butler, Caldwell and 37 more | 5 hr |
| May 24, 8:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Bell, Butler and 33 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2000Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2000Tornado Watches in Indiana, 2000Every tornado 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.