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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 35

February 24, 20014 states

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.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Union18 min
Feb 24, 8:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPulaski58 min
Feb 24, 8:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle, Fulton, Hickman58 min
Feb 24, 8:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson31 min
Feb 24, 8:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac62 min
Feb 24, 8:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves, McCracken62 min
Feb 24, 9:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway64 min
Feb 24, 10:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTrigg41 min
Feb 24, 10:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd48 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2001-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 355 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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
Feb 24, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Cumberland and 17 more4 hr
Feb 25, 2:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey, Clay, Clinton and 16 more4 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.