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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 462

June 21, 20014 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 21, 2001, 1:00 PM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2001, 1:00 PM EST (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2001, 7:00 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 125 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson 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, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Clay County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 1:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington31 min
Jun 21, 1:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio37 min
Jun 21, 1:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian24 min
Jun 21, 1:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin37 min
Jun 21, 1:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTodd34 min
Jun 21, 2:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne35 min
Jun 21, 2:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery43 min
Jun 21, 2:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry53 min
Jun 21, 3:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham40 min
Jun 21, 3:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson, Sumner55 min
Jun 21, 3:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton52 min
Jun 21, 3:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon51 min
Jun 21, 4:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMaury, Williamson64 min
Jun 21, 5:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott31 min
Jun 21, 5:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson28 min

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 2001-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 832 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 2001-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 3:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Butler, Carroll, Champaign, Clark and 48 more6 hr

Nearby

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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.