Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 35
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Feb 24, 2001, 8:00 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2001, 8:00 PM CST (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2001, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties
Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Dubois County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Mississippi County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Union | 18 min |
| Feb 24, 8:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 58 min |
| Feb 24, 8:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 58 min |
| Feb 24, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, McCracken | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway | 64 min |
| Feb 24, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Trigg | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 10:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 48 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 355 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 498 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Cumberland and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey, Clay, Clinton and 16 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 2001Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2001
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.