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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 192

April 22, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 22, 2005, 4:50 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 2005, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2005, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 104 counties

Dearborn County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Henry County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Kenton 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, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nicholas 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, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Madison County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Warren County, OH, City of Norton, VA, Lee County, VA, Scott County, VA, Wise County, VA

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRipley65 min
Apr 22, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Rush, Shelby45 min
Apr 22, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby44 min
Apr 22, 6:45 PM EDTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Rush, Shelby45 min
Apr 22, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDearborn, Ohio, Switzerland39 min
Apr 22, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer53 min
Apr 22, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin47 min
Apr 22, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby37 min
Apr 22, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble40 min
Apr 22, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin60 min
Apr 22, 7:31 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKFranklin45 min
Apr 22, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNSwitzerland52 min
Apr 22, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton52 min
Apr 22, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Marion, Taylor, Washington51 min
Apr 22, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer, Woodford36 min
Apr 22, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCampbell41 min
Apr 22, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Scott39 min
Apr 22, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln27 min
Apr 22, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon37 min
Apr 22, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Madison50 min
Apr 22, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLWayne49 min
Apr 22, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel48 min
Apr 22, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLRockcastle42 min
Apr 22, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski40 min
Apr 22, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland48 min
Apr 22, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark46 min
Apr 22, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Powell60 min
Apr 22, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel42 min
Apr 22, 9:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee, Owsley53 min
Apr 22, 9:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNClermont2 hr
Apr 22, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee, Wolfe52 min
Apr 22, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Knox49 min
Apr 22, 9:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNHighland3 hr
Apr 22, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt63 min
Apr 22, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMagoffin45 min
Apr 22, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd34 min
Apr 22, 10:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss46 min
Apr 22, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJohnson63 min
Apr 22, 10:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd63 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2005-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 4:09 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGibson, Posey, Vanderburgh66 min
Apr 22, 11:56 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Knox and 12 more94 min
Apr 22, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford and 37 more8 hr
Apr 22, 4:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Jay, Ohio, Randolph and 3 more88 min
Apr 22, 6:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford and 36 more94 min
Apr 21, 9:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken86 min
Apr 22, 6:36 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Logan, Simpson, Todd84 min
Apr 22, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlleghany, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte and 21 more5 hr

Nearby

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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.