Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches in 2006
Tornado Watch 4
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 2, 2006, 5:38 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2006, 5:38 AM CST (11:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2006, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties
Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:37 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
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 7:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Jackson, Saline, Wayne, White | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 11:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Vanderburgh | 24 min |
| Jan 2, 11:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer, Warrick | 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 021136
SEL4
SPC WW 021136
ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-021800-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
535 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
FAR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA
WESTERN KENTUCKY
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 535 AM UNTIL NOON CST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF POPLAR BLUFF
MISSOURI TO 10 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 2. WATCH NUMBER 2 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 535 AM
CST. CONTINUE...WW 3...
DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ADVANCING
EWD ACROSS WW THIS MORNING AS INDIVIDUAL CELLS MOVE QUICKLY NEWD.
ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF STRONG UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED
SURFACE COLD FRONT NOW APPROACHING THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY. LOW AND
DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL REMAIN VERY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS...WITH
MORNING HEATING OF AN ALREADY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER BOOSTING
ATTENDANT TORNADO THREAT INTO THE AFTERNOON.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
...EVANS
374,0902 383,0870 365,0870 355,0902SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 10:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 2, 1:25 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton and 14 more | 95 min |
| Jan 2, 2:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Edwards and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:01 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more | 59 min |
| Jan 2, 4:31 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 47 more | 59 min |
| Jan 2, 7:14 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 30 more | 31 min |
| Jan 2, 7:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 7:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 93 min |
| Jan 2, 10:21 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Edgar, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland and 1 more | 84 min |
| Jan 2, 11:30 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 32 more | 90 min |
| Jan 2, 11:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford and 41 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 2, 12:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, Clinton and 21 more | 92 min |
| Jan 2, 2:53 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford and 39 more | 97 min |
| Jan 2, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Fleming and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:55 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clark and 32 more | 95 min |
| Jan 2, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 1, 7:55 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Camden, Carter, Christian, Crawford, Dallas and 23 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 2, 9:47 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Franklin, Hamilton, Marion | 88 min |
| Jan 2, 11:11 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 38 more | 94 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.