Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 289

May 25, 200420 counties in Indiana; 77 counties in Kentucky; 4 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 25, 2004, 5:30 PM EDT for 20 counties in Indiana; 77 counties in Kentucky; 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2004, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2004, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 101 counties

Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Greene County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Knott County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Perry County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRowan25 min
May 25, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken27 min
May 25, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott50 min
May 25, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRowan30 min
May 25, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Scott, Washington32 min
May 25, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson44 min
May 25, 7:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPAHSpencer, Warrick3 hr
May 25, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry45 min
May 25, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer, Warrick43 min
May 25, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock36 min
May 25, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford35 min
May 25, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Perry51 min
May 25, 8:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Perry2 hr
May 25, 8:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFloyd3 hr
May 25, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade29 min
May 25, 8:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPAHSpencer, Warrick92 min
May 25, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin43 min
May 25, 9:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade3 hr

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2004-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 996 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 2004-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
996 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 4:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay and 58 more3 hr
May 25, 5:23 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Blackford, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur and 28 more97 min
May 25, 10:19 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd and 20 more86 min
May 25, 3:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGibson, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick96 min
May 25, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike, Posey, Spencer and 3 more6 hr
May 25, 5:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur and 16 more58 min
May 25, 6:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDaviess, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Pike, Posey and 3 more87 min
May 25, 12:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana and 42 more96 min
May 25, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAthens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga and 22 more7 hr
May 25, 3:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAthens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga and 21 more63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2004Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2004

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.