Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 425
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 14, 2015, 5:10 PM EDT for 58 counties in Kentucky; Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Virginia; 7 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2015, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2015, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 67 counties
Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas 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, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Boone County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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
- 50%
- 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
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
32 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Morgan, Rowan | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Jackson and 5 more | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 2 more | 62 min |
| Jul 14, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer, Kanawha, Lewis and 5 more | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Johnson, Magoffin, Menifee and 2 more | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Wolfe | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 6:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 4 more | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin and 4 more | 73 min |
| Jul 14, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Lee, Menifee, Perry, Powell and 1 more | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Nelson | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Spencer | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Lee, Leslie, Owsley and 1 more | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Jackson, Knott and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Perry and 1 more | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Lincoln, Marion, Russell, Taylor | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and 2 more | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 8:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Magoffin | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Owsley, Perry | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle and 2 more | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 20 min |
| Jul 14, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 2 more | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 9:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knott, Perry | 3 hr |
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 13, 9:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle and 60 more | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Breckinridge and 54 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:47 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Bullitt, Campbell and 19 more | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 3:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Casey and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Green, Hardin and 12 more | 85 min |
| Jul 14, 6:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary and 3 more | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Carter and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary, Monroe, Simpson | 91 min |
| Jul 14, 3:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 11 more | 93 min |
| Jul 14, 3:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Calloway, Carlisle, Clinton, Fulton, Graves and 6 more | 94 min |
| Jul 14, 4:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 11 more | 83 min |
| Jul 13, 8:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 20 more | 84 min |
| Jul 13, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Fluvanna and 14 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland and 7 more | 86 min |
| Jul 14, 6:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 73 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 72 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:44 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooke, Hancock | 61 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.