Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 461
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 18, 2009, 10:39 AM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2009, 10:39 AM EDT (14:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2009, 5:59 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Particularly dangerous situation
- Yes
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 149 counties
Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Hart County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Murray County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bell County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Estill County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Polk County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Washington County, TN, White County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 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.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 95%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 95%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
44 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 11:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Casey, Green, Hart, Larue and 6 more | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 11:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Fayette, Garrard and 5 more | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 12:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Garrard, Madison | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 12:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 12:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 85 min |
| Jun 18, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Lee, McCreary, Owsley, Pulaski and 2 more | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Scott | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Leslie and 6 more | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Fentress, Overton, Pickett | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Owsley, Perry | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Morgan and 1 more | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Morgan, Scott | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Pike | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox, Union | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knott, Letcher, Perry | 20 min |
| Jun 18, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Claiborne, Hancock, Hawkins | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Campbell | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon, Roane | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Knox | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Monroe | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cocke | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Loudon | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Swain | 74 min |
| Jun 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Sevier | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Jackson, Macon | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Haywood | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin, Hart, Stephens | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Laurens | 70 min |
| Jun 18, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 46 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Charlton | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 10:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Burke, Butts, Cherokee and 43 more | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Burke, Clarke, Columbia, Dawson and 30 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:21 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Bacon, Baldwin, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch and 32 more | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 1:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Bacon, Baldwin, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 67 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:45 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Bacon, Ben Hill, Bleckley, Brantley, Bryan and 31 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:15 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee and 20 more | 90 min |
| Jun 18, 1:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 46 more | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 47 more | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 6:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien and 63 more | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien and 66 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooks, Clinch, Colquitt, Cook, Echols, Grady and 4 more | 86 min |
| Jun 17, 8:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Christian, Todd | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 7:09 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Breckinridge and 57 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Daviess, Edmonson, Grayson and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 9 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Warren | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 4:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 17 more | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2009Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 2009Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2009Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.