Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches in 2006
Tornado Watch 140
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Trimble | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 58 min |
| Apr 2, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Owen | 66 min |
| Apr 2, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby, Spencer | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 10:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Shelby | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Union, Wayne | 63 min |
| Apr 2, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Spencer | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 21 min |
| Apr 2, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant, Pendleton | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Apr 2, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott, Woodford | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Warren | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Taylor | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 10:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Robertson | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 11:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 23 min |
| Apr 2, 11:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion | 20 min |
| Apr 2, 11:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 11:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Powell | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 11:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Clinton, Greene | 55 min |
| Apr 2, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Highland | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 11:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 11:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Rowan | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 11:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan | 54 min |
| Apr 2, 11:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 11:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 11:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Ross | 62 min |
| Apr 2, 11:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 11:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 12:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pickaway | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 12:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 12:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 12:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Leslie, Perry | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 43 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.
- 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
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 18 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Clark, Dearborn, Decatur and 27 more | 93 min |
| Apr 2, 8:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler and 36 more | 84 min |
| Apr 2, 10:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Butler, Christian, Logan, Simpson, Todd and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 11:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Greenup, Johnson, Lawrence and 5 more | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 12:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Floyd, Greenup, Harlan, Johnson and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lewis | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:24 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 37 more | 66 min |
| Apr 3, 2:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Belmont, Columbiana, Jefferson, Mahoning, Monroe, Trumbull | 2 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.