Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 169
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 21, 2014, 5:28 PM CDT for 13 counties in Illinois; 16 counties in Indiana; 91 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2014, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2014, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 120 counties
Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Pope County, IL, Saline County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess 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, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins 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, Lincoln County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski 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, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Webster County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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
- 10%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 70%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- 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
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
41 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry | 33 min |
| May 21, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott | 29 min |
| May 21, 6:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| May 21, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott | 29 min |
| May 21, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Scott and 1 more | 36 min |
| May 21, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Scott | 30 min |
| May 21, 7:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Trimble | 3 hr |
| May 21, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 30 min |
| May 21, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer | 30 min |
| May 21, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Woodford | 30 min |
| May 21, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Woodford | 28 min |
| May 21, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Washington | 30 min |
| May 21, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Nelson and 3 more | 29 min |
| May 21, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison | 29 min |
| May 21, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Powell, Rockcastle | 60 min |
| May 21, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 28 min |
| May 21, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 29 min |
| May 21, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Lincoln, Marion | 29 min |
| May 21, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 21 min |
| May 21, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary and 3 more | 34 min |
| May 21, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Knott, Lee, Magoffin and 6 more | 56 min |
| May 21, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more | 38 min |
| May 21, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Spencer | 29 min |
| May 21, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 3 more | 66 min |
| May 21, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more | 67 min |
| May 21, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan | 42 min |
| May 22, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott, Washington | 42 min |
| May 22, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Washington | 38 min |
| May 22, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois, Orange, Washington | 31 min |
| May 22, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Orange and 1 more | 28 min |
| May 22, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Perry | 30 min |
| May 22, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pike | 30 min |
| May 22, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Perry | 28 min |
| May 22, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 29 min |
| May 22, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pike | 23 min |
| May 22, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 19 min |
| May 22, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 31 min |
| May 22, 4:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Taylor | 28 min |
| May 22, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Green, Marion, Taylor | 28 min |
| May 22, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Russell, Taylor | 28 min |
| May 22, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Russell | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 8:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall and 1 more | 84 min |
| May 20, 9:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kendall and 4 more | 94 min |
| May 20, 11:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cook, Lake | 97 min |
| May 21, 1:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy and 17 more | 93 min |
| May 21, 11:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Iroquois, Vermilion | 3 hr |
| May 21, 1:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark and 27 more | 2 hr |
| May 21, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 21, 3:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 44 more | 2 hr |
| May 21, 5:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wabash, Washington and 2 more | 87 min |
| May 21, 6:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 85 min |
| May 20, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 18 more | 7 hr |
| May 21, 1:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Huntington and 12 more | 94 min |
| May 21, 3:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall and 4 more | 34 min |
| May 21, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 41 more | 9 hr |
| May 21, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Arlington, Augusta, Caroline and 70 more | 3 hr |
| May 21, 5:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Essex, King George, Northumberland, Richmond, Stafford and 2 more | 96 min |
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.