Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 516
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 5, 2001, 4:00 PM CDT for 35 counties in Kentucky; 24 counties in Tennessee; Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2001, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Green County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Marion County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Benton County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery 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, White County, TN, Wilson County, TN, Wyoming County, WV
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Dickson, Houston | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton | 24 min |
| Jul 5, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 24 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 1166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Carroll, Chester, Coffee, Crockett and 30 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 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.