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Tornado Watch 140

April 2, 20068 counties in Indiana; 68 counties in Kentucky; 32 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 2, 2006, 9:40 PM EDT for 8 counties in Indiana; 68 counties in Kentucky; 32 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2006, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2006, 3:10 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 108 counties

Dearborn County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Green County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson 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, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham, Trimble45 min
Apr 2, 9:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland58 min
Apr 2, 9:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin, Owen66 min
Apr 2, 10:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Shelby, Spencer24 min
Apr 2, 10:10 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson, Shelby35 min
Apr 2, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Union, Wayne63 min
Apr 2, 10:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson, Spencer35 min
Apr 2, 10:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin33 min
Apr 2, 10:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey21 min
Apr 2, 10:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Campbell, Kenton45 min
Apr 2, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant, Pendleton37 min
Apr 2, 10:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln36 min
Apr 2, 10:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott, Woodford34 min
Apr 2, 10:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Preble52 min
Apr 2, 10:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson26 min
Apr 2, 10:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Nicholas37 min
Apr 2, 10:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Warren44 min
Apr 2, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Taylor34 min
Apr 2, 10:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette32 min
Apr 2, 11:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken, Mason, Robertson37 min
Apr 2, 11:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery26 min
Apr 2, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami, Montgomery46 min
Apr 2, 11:07 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Taylor23 min
Apr 2, 11:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion20 min
Apr 2, 11:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown31 min
Apr 2, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee, Powell28 min
Apr 2, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland, Monroe43 min
Apr 2, 11:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey26 min
Apr 2, 11:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Clinton, Greene55 min
Apr 2, 11:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Highland46 min
Apr 2, 11:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMcCreary, Wayne34 min
Apr 2, 11:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLewis25 min
Apr 2, 11:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln28 min
Apr 2, 11:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Menifee, Rowan27 min
Apr 2, 11:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby25 min
Apr 2, 11:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Logan54 min
Apr 2, 11:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Rockcastle48 min
Apr 2, 11:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Scioto47 min
Apr 2, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Ross62 min
Apr 2, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe42 min
Apr 2, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison39 min
Apr 3, 12:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway44 min
Apr 3, 12:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin40 min
Apr 3, 12:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay31 min
Apr 3, 12:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Leslie, Perry38 min
Apr 3, 12:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Hocking43 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 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
1550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 18 more2 hr
Apr 2, 10:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Clark, Dearborn, Decatur and 27 more93 min
Apr 2, 8:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler and 36 more84 min
Apr 2, 10:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Butler, Christian, Logan, Simpson, Todd and 1 more2 hr
Apr 2, 11:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Carter, Elliott, Greenup, Johnson, Lawrence and 5 more31 min
Apr 3, 12:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoyd, Carter, Floyd, Greenup, Harlan, Johnson and 6 more3 hr
Apr 3, 10:40 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBoyd, Carter, Greenup, Lewis6 hr
Apr 3, 10:24 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 37 more66 min
Apr 3, 2:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBelmont, Columbiana, Jefferson, Mahoning, Monroe, Trumbull2 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.