Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 579
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 6, 2004, 2:50 PM EDT for 8 counties in Indiana; 63 counties in Kentucky; 41 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2004, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2004, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 112 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, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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
77 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery, Stewart | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler | 20 min |
| Jul 6, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 71 min |
| Jul 6, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Robertson | 69 min |
| Jul 6, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon | 16 min |
| Jul 6, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Taylor | 17 min |
| Jul 6, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hart | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Trousdale | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Rutherford | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Shelby | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Warren | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Taylor | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Woodford | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | White | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 7:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Putnam | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Pickett | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 22 min |
| Jul 6, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Van Buren | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Montgomery | 39 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 1048 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 12:14 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Fountain, Newton, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 91 min |
| Jul 6, 12:44 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Daviess, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Pike, Posey and 3 more | 91 min |
| Jul 6, 2:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 31 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Pike, Posey and 3 more | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Orange and 2 more | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 3:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 9 more | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 3:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton and 41 more | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone and 72 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Johnson, Unicoi | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 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.