Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 756
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 23, 2001, 3:15 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 2001, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2001, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 55 counties
Alexander County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Butler 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, Hancock County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Webster County, KY, Mississippi County, MO, Scott County, MO, Dyer County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN
Warnings issued inside it
12 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac | 21 min |
| Sep 23, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McCracken | 33 min |
| Sep 23, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac | 26 min |
| Sep 23, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston | 36 min |
| Sep 23, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hopkins | 44 min |
| Sep 23, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon | 67 min |
| Sep 23, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 33 min |
| Sep 23, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 38 min |
| Sep 23, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 60 min |
| Sep 23, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 58 min |
| Sep 23, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 45 min |
| Sep 23, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson | 43 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Brown, Clark and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bates, Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian, Douglas and 14 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.