Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches in 2023
Tornado Watch 599
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Aug 7, 2023, 9:57 AM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2023, 9:57 AM CDT (14:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2023, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 156 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt 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, 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, 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, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Washington County, PA, Buchanan County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Preston County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 80%
- 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
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
64 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 10:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Wetzel | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 11:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Wood | 14 min |
| Aug 7, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 11:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Washington | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Clay, Roane | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 11:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 11:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Washington | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Meigs | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, Tyler | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 12:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Meigs | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher | 17 min |
| Aug 7, 12:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Preston | 13 min |
| Aug 7, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 12:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Webster | 13 min |
| Aug 7, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 12:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Wetzel | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 12:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 1 more | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 1:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Meigs | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Johnson, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Martin | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam | 20 min |
| Aug 7, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter, Lawrence | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam | 20 min |
| Aug 7, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd | 16 min |
| Aug 7, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Roane | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 2:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 116 min |
| Aug 7, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Johnson, Martin | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pike | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 18 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bullitt, Daviess, Henderson, Henry, Jefferson, Meade and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bullitt, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, Trimble | 113 min |
| Aug 7, 1:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 49 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 3 more | 117 min |
| Aug 7, 9:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd and 62 more | 86 min |
| Aug 7, 12:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken and 46 more | 87 min |
| Aug 7, 1:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boyd, Johnson, Lawrence, Martin, Morgan | 97 min |
| Aug 6, 7:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Summit and 1 more | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 11:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Centre, Cumberland, Franklin and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradford, Cameron, Clinton, Elk, Lycoming, McKean and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 24 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lackawanna and 10 more | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin and 16 more | 88 min |
| Aug 7, 3:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster and 9 more | 95 min |
| Aug 7, 4:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lackawanna and 11 more | 89 min |
| Aug 7, 5:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton and 1 more | 93 min |
| Aug 7, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Campbell and 23 more | 97 min |
| Aug 7, 6:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greensville, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk and 1 more | 2 hr |
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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.