Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 660
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 21, 2005, 11:55 PM EDT for 16 counties in Indiana; 19 counties in Kentucky; 8 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 2005, 11:55 PM EDT (03:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2005, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties
Clark County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Boone County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH, Warren County, OH
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 12:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 12:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott, Washington | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 12:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ripley | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 12:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 67 min |
| Jul 22, 12:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott, Washington | 32 min |
| Jul 22, 1:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 1:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 1:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 50 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 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1772 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1135 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 8:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 45 more | 118 min |
| Jul 21, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Decatur, Greene and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Decatur and 29 more | 83 min |
| Jul 22, 2:20 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Bullitt, Campbell and 20 more | 85 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.