Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 445
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 12, 2004, 12:10 PM EDT for 8 counties in Indiana; 83 counties in Kentucky; Lee County, Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2004, 12:10 PM EDT (16:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2004, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 92 counties
Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Scott County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox 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, McCreary County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan 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, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Lee County, VA
Warnings issued inside it
24 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 12:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison | 89 min |
| Jun 12, 12:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 12:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 12:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 1:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 2:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Fleming | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Rowan | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 3:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Menifee | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 3:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Elliott | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Morgan | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 4:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Johnson, Pike | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Estill | 6 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 836 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:48 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Carroll, Cass and 29 more | 87 min |
| Jun 12, 4:08 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fulton, Howard and 13 more | 97 min |
| Jun 12, 11:48 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fulton | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 68 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fulton | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bath, Bell, Bourbon and 48 more | 90 min |
| Jun 12, 4:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Livingston, McCracken | 84 min |
| Jun 12, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Graves and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 7:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Graves and 12 more | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 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.