Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches in 2009
Tornado Watch 16
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 11, 2009, 11:38 AM EST for 19 counties in Indiana; 64 counties in Kentucky; 27 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2009, 11:38 AM EST (16:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2009, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 110 counties
Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 10%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
66 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 11:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster | 49 min |
| Feb 11, 11:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg, Todd | 48 min |
| Feb 11, 11:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg, Todd | 46 min |
| Feb 11, 12:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Williamson | 55 min |
| Feb 11, 12:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer, Warrick | 38 min |
| Feb 11, 12:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Marshall, Maury | 50 min |
| Feb 11, 12:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio | 44 min |
| Feb 11, 12:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 18 min |
| Feb 11, 12:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois, Perry | 27 min |
| Feb 11, 12:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson | 56 min |
| Feb 11, 12:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Rutherford, Williamson | 66 min |
| Feb 11, 12:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 35 min |
| Feb 11, 12:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer | 33 min |
| Feb 11, 12:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock | 27 min |
| Feb 11, 12:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 34 min |
| Feb 11, 1:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Marshall | 14 min |
| Feb 11, 1:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 42 min |
| Feb 11, 1:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Macon, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson | 37 min |
| Feb 11, 1:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Warren | 32 min |
| Feb 11, 1:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 43 min |
| Feb 11, 1:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 40 min |
| Feb 11, 1:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb | 36 min |
| Feb 11, 1:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington | 44 min |
| Feb 11, 1:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Hart | 26 min |
| Feb 11, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 30 min |
| Feb 11, 1:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Warren | 29 min |
| Feb 11, 1:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Putnam, Smith | 40 min |
| Feb 11, 1:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Metcalfe | 35 min |
| Feb 11, 1:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 33 min |
| Feb 11, 1:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Warren, White | 32 min |
| Feb 11, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 30 min |
| Feb 11, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Feb 11, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Larue, Marion, Taylor | 39 min |
| Feb 11, 2:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 37 min |
| Feb 11, 2:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 37 min |
| Feb 11, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Metcalfe, Russell | 33 min |
| Feb 11, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer | 33 min |
| Feb 11, 2:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott | 34 min |
| Feb 11, 2:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Grundy, Van Buren, Warren, White | 43 min |
| Feb 11, 2:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Shelby | 42 min |
| Feb 11, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Overton, Pickett, Putnam | 36 min |
| Feb 11, 2:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Marion, Taylor | 28 min |
| Feb 11, 2:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 41 min |
| Feb 11, 2:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ohio, Switzerland | 53 min |
| Feb 11, 2:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Russell | 37 min |
| Feb 11, 2:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Van Buren and 1 more | 49 min |
| Feb 11, 2:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley | 46 min |
| Feb 11, 2:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson | 31 min |
| Feb 11, 2:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Russell | 29 min |
| Feb 11, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer, Woodford | 25 min |
| Feb 11, 2:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 20 min |
| Feb 11, 2:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Feb 11, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 31 min |
| Feb 11, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 46 min |
| Feb 11, 2:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress | 31 min |
| Feb 11, 3:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Feb 11, 3:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison | 36 min |
| Feb 11, 3:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Feb 11, 3:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 18 min |
| Feb 11, 3:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Feb 11, 3:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton | 49 min |
| Feb 11, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 29 min |
| Feb 11, 3:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Perry | 23 min |
| Feb 11, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 14 min |
| Feb 11, 5:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ohio, Switzerland | 45 min |
| Feb 11, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell | 50 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 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 510 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 444 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 11:02 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Switzerland | 88 min |
| Feb 11, 1:35 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson and 6 more | 85 min |
| Feb 11, 1:59 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fayette, Franklin, Union | 7 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:16 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll and 34 more | 89 min |
| Feb 11, 3:30 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fulton, Hickman | 90 min |
| Feb 11, 6:26 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 64 min |
| Feb 11, 4:34 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 19 more | 86 min |
| Feb 11, 12:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby, Tipton | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:10 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bledsoe, Bradley, Franklin, Hamilton, Lincoln, McMinn and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:29 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradley, Franklin, Hamilton, Marion, Polk | 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.