Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 332

May 25, 200215 counties in Indiana; 36 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 25, 2002, 6:15 PM EDT for 15 counties in Indiana; 36 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2002, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2002, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 61 counties

Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Perry County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Washington County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott, Washington43 min
May 25, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark33 min
May 25, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess36 min
May 25, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler27 min
May 25, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock, Ohio34 min
May 25, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton, Warren31 min
May 25, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge19 min
May 25, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Fayette, Greene33 min

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 52 more5 hr
May 25, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Champaign, Clark, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Delaware and 32 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2002

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.