Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 362

June 4, 200151 counties in Kentucky; 26 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 4, 2001, 1:00 PM CDT for 51 counties in Kentucky; 26 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2001, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 77 counties

Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bell County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, McCreary County, KY, McLean County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Anderson County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Macon County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Scott County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Union County, TN, White County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Grayson, Ohio47 min
Jun 4, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMuhlenberg23 min
Jun 4, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin24 min
Jun 4, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler26 min
Jun 4, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin32 min
Jun 4, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue29 min
Jun 4, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart16 min
Jun 4, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor41 min
Jun 4, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson25 min
Jun 4, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion37 min
Jun 4, 2:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKEdmonson22 min
Jun 4, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Hart40 min
Jun 4, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Lincoln48 min
Jun 4, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair9 min
Jun 4, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Russell29 min
Jun 4, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski, Rockcastle27 min
Jun 4, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson31 min
Jun 4, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski27 min
Jun 4, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Knox36 min
Jun 4, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Leslie, Perry28 min
Jun 4, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLOwsley28 min
Jun 4, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel35 min
Jun 4, 4:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJKLKnox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley6 hr
Jun 4, 4:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJKLKnox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley18 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1202 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2001-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
716 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBreathitt, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin and 2 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 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.