Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches in 2002
Tornado Watch 742
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 10, 2002, 1:35 AM EST for Clark County, Indiana; 37 counties in Kentucky; 25 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2002, 1:35 AM EST (06:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2002, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 63 counties
Clark County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Cannon 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, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Warren | 30 min |
| Nov 10, 2:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 33 min |
| Nov 10, 2:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Hart | 30 min |
| Nov 10, 2:50 AM EST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 2:52 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson | 23 min |
| Nov 10, 3:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 26 min |
| Nov 10, 3:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 43 min |
| Nov 10, 3:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 36 min |
| Nov 10, 4:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer | 22 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 1360 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 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 100634 SEL2 SPC WW 100635 INZ000-KYZ000-TNZ000-101200- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 742 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1235 AM CST SUN NOV 10 2002 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST INDIANA CENTRAL KENTUCKY MIDDLE TENNESSEE EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1235 AM UNTIL 600 AM 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 45 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES SOUTH OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON 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 741... DISCUSSION...STRONG...FAST MOVING SHORTWAVE TROUGH SUPPORTING SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING OVER WRN KY/WRN TN WILL CONTINUE LIFTING NEWD OVERNIGHT. THOUGH STORMS WILL DEVELOP EWD WITHIN ERN EXTENT OF MODEST INSTABILITY AXIS...VERY STRONG SHEAR AND SUFFICIENT LARGE SCALE ASCENT WILL MAINTAIN A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INTO CENTRAL KY/MIDDLE TN OVERNIGHT. SUPERCELLS AND A FEW TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED. 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 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24050. ...EVANS 383,0840 350,0855 350,0872 383,0854
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 12:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Dubois, Gibson, Orange, Perry, Pike and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 12:10 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Brown, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, Delaware and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 1:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, DeKalb and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 9, 7:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 4:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Butler, Caldwell and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 35 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2002Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 2002Tornado Watches in Indiana, 2002Every tornado 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.