Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches in 2004
Tornado Watch 903
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 24, 2004, 2:25 PM EST for 22 counties in Indiana; 51 counties in Kentucky; 6 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 2004, 2:25 PM EST (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2004, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 79 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson 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, Woodford County, KY, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH, Warren County, OH
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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
10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 3:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 38 min |
| Nov 24, 4:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson | 37 min |
| Nov 24, 4:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson | 51 min |
| Nov 24, 5:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 27 min |
| Nov 24, 5:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fayette | 41 min |
| Nov 24, 5:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 30 min |
| Nov 24, 5:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Union | 26 min |
| Nov 24, 6:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Preble | 24 min |
| Nov 24, 6:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Union | 49 min |
| Nov 24, 6:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Preble | 29 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
961
WWUS20 KWNS 241928
SEL3
SPC WW 241925
INZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-250000-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 903
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
225 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN INDIANA
CENTRAL KENTUCKY
SOUTHWESTERN OHIO
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM UNTIL
700 PM EST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE
KENTUCKY TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI OHIO.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 900...WW 901...WW 902...
DISCUSSION...INTENSIFYING LOW MOVING ENEWD ACROSS SRN IN ALONG E/W
WARM FRONT JUST S OF IND. WITH VERY STRONG SHEAR AND MARGINAL BUT
SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY...LOW TOPPED SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
DEVELOPING AHEAD OF SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOS WILL BE PRIMARY THREAT WITH FAST MOVING STORMS.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
...HALES
391,0863 400,0840 372,0840 363,0863SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 7:50 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Saint Joseph and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 24, 11:16 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Posey, Vanderburgh | 2 hr |
| Nov 24, 12:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dubois, Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 24, 1:31 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Elkhart, Fulton, Jasper, Kosciusko, LaGrange and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 24, 1:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur, Dubois and 20 more | 95 min |
| Nov 24, 3:56 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Dearborn, Decatur, Dubois and 20 more | 2 hr |
| Nov 24, 6:02 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur and 12 more | 28 min |
| Nov 24, 6:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley and 4 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2004Tornado Watches in Indiana, 2004Tornado Watches in Ohio, 2004Every tornado 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.