Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches in 2002
Tornado Watch 46
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 29, 2002, 11:00 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2002, 11:00 AM CST (17:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2002, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 93 counties
Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Marion County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Allen County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Barren County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Larue County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Webster County, KY, Mississippi County, MO
Warnings issued inside it
17 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 11:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Mar 29, 11:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 11:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 43 min |
| Mar 29, 12:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 49 min |
| Mar 29, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Posey, Vanderburgh | 45 min |
| Mar 29, 12:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pike, Warrick | 40 min |
| Mar 29, 1:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 19 min |
| Mar 29, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer | 38 min |
| Mar 29, 1:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 19 min |
| Mar 29, 1:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Spencer | 23 min |
| Mar 29, 1:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 37 min |
| Mar 29, 1:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford | 21 min |
| Mar 29, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 34 min |
| Mar 29, 2:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 42 min |
| Mar 29, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 48 min |
| Mar 29, 3:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 41 min |
| Mar 29, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Hickman | 46 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 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 291649 SEL6 SPC WW 291644 ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-292200- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1044 AM CST FRI MAR 29 2002 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS SOUTHERN INDIANA WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 400 PM CST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARBONDALE ILLINOIS TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. 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 45... DISCUSSION...SURFACE-BASED CONVECTION WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND INCREASE QUICKLY IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WW. STRONG LOW AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS AND ATTENDANT TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26045. ...EVANS 390,0891 391,0853 364,0853 363,0891
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 7:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Clinton, Jackson, Madison, Monroe, Perry and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 58 more | 5 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.