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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 583

July 6, 20046 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 6, 2004, 6:40 PM EDT for 6 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2004, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2004, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 73 counties

Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Carter County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Cherokee County, NC, Lawrence County, OH, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Polk County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, White County, TN, Lee County, VA, Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren46 min
Jul 6, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnox45 min
Jul 6, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWayne38 min
Jul 6, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison39 min
Jul 6, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWhite53 min
Jul 6, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress46 min
Jul 6, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren45 min
Jul 6, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Owsley58 min
Jul 6, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison40 min
Jul 6, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCumberland62 min
Jul 6, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRockcastle42 min
Jul 6, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXMorgan, Scott50 min
Jul 6, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee44 min
Jul 6, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMontgomery39 min
Jul 6, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBledsoe49 min
Jul 6, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath46 min
Jul 6, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWolfe43 min
Jul 6, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Jackson39 min
Jul 6, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee, Powell50 min
Jul 6, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRowan66 min
Jul 6, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXAnderson45 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 12:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 18 more59 min
Jul 6, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 9 more6 hr
Jul 6, 2:35 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 50 more25 min
Jul 6, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 57 more6 hr
Jul 6, 3:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Ballard, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell and 30 more56 min
Jul 6, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarroll8 hr
Jul 6, 6:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman53 min
Jul 5, 8:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 15 more65 min
Jul 6, 2:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Auglaize, Darke, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock and 9 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.