Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 24
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Feb 22, 2003, 4:35 PM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2003, 4:35 PM EST (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2003, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties
Bell County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Buchanan County, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Wise County, VA, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Roane County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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
26 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 5:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie | 36 min |
| Feb 22, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson | 34 min |
| Feb 22, 5:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 5:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 23 min |
| Feb 22, 5:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin | 35 min |
| Feb 22, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott | 41 min |
| Feb 22, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia | 50 min |
| Feb 22, 5:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson | 30 min |
| Feb 22, 5:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 27 min |
| Feb 22, 5:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Martin | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 5:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Martin | 32 min |
| Feb 22, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 45 min |
| Feb 22, 6:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher, Pike | 57 min |
| Feb 22, 6:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 57 min |
| Feb 22, 6:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Letcher, Pike | 53 min |
| Feb 22, 6:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 23 min |
| Feb 22, 6:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Letcher, Pike | 51 min |
| Feb 22, 6:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 47 min |
| Feb 22, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 30 min |
| Feb 22, 6:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane, Wirt | 42 min |
| Feb 22, 7:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 45 min |
| Feb 22, 7:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 26 min |
| Feb 22, 7:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 47 min |
| Feb 22, 7:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 39 min |
| Feb 22, 7:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Logan | 34 min |
| Feb 22, 8:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Raleigh | 30 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 10:14 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bell, Boyle, Casey, Clark and 33 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:33 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 117 min |
| Feb 22, 3:31 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clark and 30 more | 119 min |
| Feb 22, 10:34 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Van Wert, Williams | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:47 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight and 25 more | 88 min |
| Feb 22, 12:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Northampton and 19 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:22 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Isle of Wight, Mathews, Northampton, York, City of Franklin and 6 more | 53 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2003Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2003
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.