Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 400
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 10, 2015, 10:43 AM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2015, 10:43 AM EDT (14:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2015, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 108 counties
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, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland 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, Greenup County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence 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, 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, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 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
- 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
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
25 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 10:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 10:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Nelson, Shelby and 1 more | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 11:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Mercer, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer and 2 more | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 11:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Franklin, Shelby, Spencer | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 11:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Henry, Mercer, Scott, Shelby and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 11:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison and 5 more | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Madison and 2 more | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more | 81 min |
| Jul 10, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison, Nicholas | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 12:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Green, Taylor | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Rockcastle | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Owsley, Rockcastle | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 49 min |
| Jul 10, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Larue | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Metcalfe | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 4:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd, Greenup | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 23 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 10, 10:24 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Boyd and 65 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle and 53 more | 91 min |
| Jul 10, 4:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Barren, Breathitt, Butler, Casey, Clay and 26 more | 119 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.