Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches in 2010
Tornado Watch 98
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 24, 2010, 7:15 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2010, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2010, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 160 counties
Floyd County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell 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, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant 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, Kenton 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, 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, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Warren County, OH, Anderson County, TN, Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Polk County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 95%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 50%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
33 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Williamson | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Nelson, Taylor, Washington | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Marion and 3 more | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln and 2 more | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Macon, Sumner, Trousdale | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Macon, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 22 min |
| Apr 24, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Smith | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 10:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 10:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton, Pickett | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 11:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Fentress, Pickett | 15 min |
| Apr 24, 11:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton | 17 min |
| Apr 24, 11:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley, Pulaski and 1 more | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 11:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Sequatchie | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 11:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 11:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Marion, Sequatchie | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 5 more | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 12:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Knott, Leslie, Perry | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 1:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | McMinn, Meigs, Rhea | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 1:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 1:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount, Loudon, Monroe | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 1:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Monroe, Polk | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 2:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Blount | 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 8:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Posey, Vanderburgh | 55 min |
| Apr 24, 12:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Perry and 1 more | 95 min |
| Apr 24, 2:17 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison, Perry and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Perry, Spencer | 89 min |
| Apr 24, 6:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland | 60 min |
| Apr 24, 6:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison, Perry and 5 more | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 10:31 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian and 20 more | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 12:31 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:40 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 21 more | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 3:44 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 14 more | 91 min |
| Apr 24, 7:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:01 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson, Dickson and 17 more | 5 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.