Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 151
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 24, 2002, 7:00 PM CDT for 36 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2002, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2002, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Green County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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
4 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Hart | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hart | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 35 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 403 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 458 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
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.