Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 133
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 1, 2016, 2:36 PM EDT for 18 counties in Indiana; 73 counties in Kentucky; 39 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2016, 2:36 PM EDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2016, 8:58 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 50 kt
All 130 counties
Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Clay County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Madison County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 50%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
37 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott, Washington | 30 min |
| May 1, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway | 27 min |
| May 1, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 42 min |
| May 1, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 36 min |
| May 1, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mason, Robertson | 32 min |
| May 1, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Stewart | 46 min |
| May 1, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Madison | 44 min |
| May 1, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Oldham | 26 min |
| May 1, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 36 min |
| May 1, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott, Shelby | 41 min |
| May 1, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 41 min |
| May 1, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Washington, Woodford | 37 min |
| May 1, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Houston, Montgomery, Stewart | 24 min |
| May 1, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 47 min |
| May 1, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, Haywood, Madison | 47 min |
| May 1, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 30 min |
| May 1, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 42 min |
| May 1, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry | 27 min |
| May 1, 4:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Haywood | 2 hr |
| May 1, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer, Woodford | 45 min |
| May 1, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 27 min |
| May 1, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant, Owen, Pendleton | 45 min |
| May 1, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 38 min |
| May 1, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Montgomery | 33 min |
| May 1, 4:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 3 hr |
| May 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Madison | 42 min |
| May 1, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 49 min |
| May 1, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Pendleton, Robertson | 33 min |
| May 1, 5:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Madison | 113 min |
| May 1, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Montgomery, Robertson | 36 min |
| May 1, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 32 min |
| May 1, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, McNairy | 3 hr |
| May 1, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 24 min |
| May 1, 6:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Decatur | 3 hr |
| May 1, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Williamson | 34 min |
| May 1, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Williamson | 36 min |
| May 1, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 34 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 1, 1:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn and 33 more | 2 hr |
| May 1, 6:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll and 42 more | 114 min |
| May 1, 6:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 9 more | 87 min |
| May 1, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 4 hr |
| May 1, 2:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Calloway, Christian, Logan, Muhlenberg, Todd and 1 more | 64 min |
| May 1, 3:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Floyd and 13 more | 61 min |
| May 1, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Estill and 20 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 7:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Floyd, Knott, Martin, Pike | 60 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.