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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 819

November 24, 200119 counties in Kentucky; 32 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Nov 24, 2001, 11:00 AM CST for 19 counties in Kentucky; 32 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2001, 11:00 AM CST (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2001, 4:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties

Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hart County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 11:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Logan34 min
Nov 24, 11:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham35 min
Nov 24, 11:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren44 min
Nov 24, 12:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson23 min
Nov 24, 12:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson50 min
Nov 24, 1:00 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXLincoln30 min
Nov 24, 1:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson24 min
Nov 24, 1:27 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMoore18 min
Nov 24, 1:39 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCoffee, Franklin36 min

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 2001-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 2001-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 378 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
378 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
383 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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
Nov 24, 2:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves and 4 more5 hr
Nov 24, 7:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBreckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Crittenden and 17 more4 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.