Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 623
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 25, 2009, 2:38 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana; 82 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2009, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2009, 8:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 87 counties
Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN, Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Meade 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, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike 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
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 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
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll, Grant, Owen | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Pendleton, Robertson | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin | 49 min |
| Jul 25, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rowan | 17 min |
| Jul 25, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Wolfe | 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Fountain, Jasper, Newton, Parke, Vermillion and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 12:46 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton and 22 more | 89 min |
| Jul 25, 2:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Daviess, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Lawrence and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:09 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur, Dubois and 26 more | 96 min |
| Jul 25, 12:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken and 54 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2009Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 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.