Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 372
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 26, 2013, 12:22 PM CDT for 19 counties in Illinois; 35 counties in Indiana; 60 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2013, 12:22 PM CDT (17:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 114 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, Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Larue County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Russell County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 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
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 80%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
54 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Martin | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Harrison, Jefferson, Orange, Scott, Washington | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Trimble | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 2:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Orange | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 3:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 4:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 4:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Knox | 22 min |
| Jun 26, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Martin | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pike | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 6:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Knox | 16 min |
| Jun 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Dubois | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson, Williamson | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pike | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson, Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 7:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer, Warrick | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison, Perry | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Larue, Ohio | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart and 4 more | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Spencer, Warrick | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Boyle, Casey, Edmonson, Garrard and 10 more | 51 min |
| Jun 26, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Warren | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 11:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine and 3 more | 3 hr |
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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1980 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 9:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Crawford and 27 more | 85 min |
| Jun 25, 9:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hancock | 91 min |
| Jun 25, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 47 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 10 more | 92 min |
| Jun 26, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Fulton and 24 more | 88 min |
| Jun 26, 5:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Edwards and 30 more | 89 min |
| Jun 26, 11:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson, Marion and 4 more | 115 min |
| Jun 26, 3:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Greene, Jersey and 7 more | 95 min |
| Jun 26, 6:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 10 more | 96 min |
| Jun 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fayette, Union, Wayne | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ohio, Switzerland | 86 min |
| Jun 26, 1:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins and 5 more | 3 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.