Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches in 2001
Tornado Watch 822
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 24, 2001, 8:00 PM EST for 39 counties in Indiana; 43 counties in Kentucky; 17 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 2001, 8:00 PM EST (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 25, 2001, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 99 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Clark County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Henry County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Madison County, IN, Noble County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boone County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Butler County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Preble County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 8:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Washington | 36 min |
| Nov 24, 8:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 19 min |
| Nov 24, 9:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 37 min |
| Nov 24, 9:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 31 min |
| Nov 24, 9:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin | 46 min |
| Nov 24, 9:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Union, Wayne | 48 min |
| Nov 24, 9:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 38 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 767 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 893 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS20 KWNS 250047 SEL2 SPC WW 250042 INZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-250600- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 822 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 742 PM EST SAT NOV 24 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN INDIANA CENTRAL KENTUCKY WESTERN OHIO EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 800 PM UNTIL 100 AM EST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY TO 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 820...WW 821... DISCUSSION...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY IN REGION OF MARGINAL INSTABILITY...BUT EXTREMELY STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR. ISOLATED STORMS ALONG LINE MAY EVOLVE INTO SUPERCELLS WITH THE THREAT OF TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS. ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD INTO WESTERN OH BEFORE WEAKENING. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH...EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040. ...HART 414,0834 364,0844 364,0863 414,0854
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.