Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 7
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jan 2, 2006, 12:59 PM EST for 47 counties in Indiana; 47 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2006, 12:59 PM EST (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2006, 7:49 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 94 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Larue County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Russell County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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
42 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 1:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen | 39 min |
| Jan 2, 1:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 1:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 31 min |
| Jan 2, 1:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 29 min |
| Jan 2, 1:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 40 min |
| Jan 2, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 46 min |
| Jan 2, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 46 min |
| Jan 2, 2:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 2:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Hart | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 2:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 37 min |
| Jan 2, 2:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Metcalfe, Monroe | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 2:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 44 min |
| Jan 2, 2:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 44 min |
| Jan 2, 2:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 38 min |
| Jan 2, 2:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 53 min |
| Jan 2, 2:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 2:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 29 min |
| Jan 2, 2:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 42 min |
| Jan 2, 2:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin | 36 min |
| Jan 2, 2:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Larue | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 3:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd | 35 min |
| Jan 2, 3:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair | 41 min |
| Jan 2, 3:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 35 min |
| Jan 2, 3:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 3:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Shelby | 42 min |
| Jan 2, 3:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 27 min |
| Jan 2, 3:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Jan 2, 3:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Nelson | 35 min |
| Jan 2, 3:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 33 min |
| Jan 2, 3:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 3:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 35 min |
| Jan 2, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 51 min |
| Jan 2, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 51 min |
| Jan 2, 3:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey | 57 min |
| Jan 2, 3:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 37 min |
| Jan 2, 3:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Trimble | 35 min |
| Jan 2, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll | 45 min |
| Jan 2, 4:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson | 24 min |
| Jan 2, 4:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer | 25 min |
| Jan 2, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Switzerland | 47 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 6:38 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 6 hr |
| Jan 2, 8:14 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Daviess, Fountain, Greene, Knox, Montgomery and 8 more | 31 min |
| Jan 2, 8:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Daviess, Fountain, Greene, Knox, Martin and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 8:57 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 93 min |
| Jan 2, 11:21 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 31 more | 84 min |
| Jan 2, 12:30 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 32 more | 90 min |
| Jan 2, 1:28 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, Clinton and 21 more | 92 min |
| Jan 2, 3:53 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford and 39 more | 97 min |
| Jan 1, 11:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 59 min |
| Jan 2, 4:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Fleming and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 5:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clark and 32 more | 95 min |
| Jan 2, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 14 more | 5 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.