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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 482

June 14, 2005Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana; 61 counties in Kentucky; 43 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 14, 2005, 1:20 PM EDT for Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana; 61 counties in Kentucky; 43 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2005, 1:20 PM EDT (17:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2005, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 106 counties

Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee 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, Powell County, KY, Pulaski 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, Todd County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson 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, Madison 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, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade30 min
Jun 14, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFloyd, Harrison32 min
Jun 14, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby40 min
Jun 14, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin31 min
Jun 14, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt41 min
Jun 14, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery37 min
Jun 14, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson43 min
Jun 14, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer46 min
Jun 14, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart42 min
Jun 14, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington39 min
Jun 14, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson34 min
Jun 14, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer38 min
Jun 14, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford35 min
Jun 14, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRobertson32 min
Jun 14, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine43 min
Jun 14, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXSumner36 min
Jun 14, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue27 min
Jun 14, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Madison49 min
Jun 14, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTaylor42 min
Jun 14, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey47 min
Jun 14, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNicholas28 min
Jun 14, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe44 min
Jun 14, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMontgomery, Powell25 min
Jun 14, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill43 min
Jun 14, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Menifee31 min
Jun 14, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMacon23 min
Jun 14, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln37 min
Jun 14, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee, Powell, Wolfe58 min
Jun 14, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair33 min
Jun 14, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski76 min
Jun 14, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson25 min
Jun 14, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey17 min
Jun 14, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee, Morgan48 min
Jun 14, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee30 min
Jun 14, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Jackson41 min
Jun 14, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Rockcastle67 min
Jun 14, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard22 min
Jun 14, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison27 min
Jun 14, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCarter24 min
Jun 14, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXClay, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett36 min
Jun 14, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoyd, Carter, Greenup34 min
Jun 14, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski43 min
Jun 14, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLee26 min
Jun 14, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Smith, Trousdale23 min
Jun 14, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXJackson, Overton, Smith25 min
Jun 14, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXFentress, Overton, Putnam26 min
Jun 14, 7:21 PM EDTTornado WarningOHXFentress, Overton24 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, 5.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1263 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain and 25 more117 min
Jun 13, 11:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Cass and 37 more2 hr
Jun 14, 10:42 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 40 more2 hr
Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Clark, Dearborn and 30 more8 hr
Jun 14, 12:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Floyd, Harrison2 hr
Jun 14, 4:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd96 min
Jun 14, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Floyd and 16 more6 hr
Jun 14, 6:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Knox and 7 more93 min
Jun 14, 6:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson and 12 more95 min

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.