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Mesoscale Discussion 1309

June 10, 200324 counties in Indiana; 60 counties in Kentucky

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 10, 2003, 8:57 PM EDT for 24 counties in Indiana; 60 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2003, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2003, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 84 counties

Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Powell County, KY, Robertson 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, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 245 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2003-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2003-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-356 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 2:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Cass, Fulton, Huntington, Jasper, Miami and 4 more116 min
Jun 11, 10:57 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Clay, Clinton, Estill, Harlan, Jackson and 11 more63 min
Jun 11, 11:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Breathitt, Clay, Clinton, Estill, Floyd and 23 more6 hr
Jun 11, 2:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Breathitt, Clay, Clinton, Floyd, Harlan and 12 more92 min
Jun 11, 4:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian and 10 more29 min
Jun 11, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Clinton, Cumberland, Harlan, Knox, McCreary and 4 more5 hr
Jun 11, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Barren, Calloway, Christian, Graves, Logan and 8 more5 hr
Jun 11, 5:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Clinton, Cumberland, Logan, McCreary, Monroe and 2 more93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.