Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 1761
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 10, 2003, 1:23 PM CDT for 80 counties in Kentucky; 14 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 97 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2003, 1:23 PM CDT (18:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2003, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 94 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott 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, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton 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, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Highland County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Vinton County, OH
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1671 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Oldham | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 9:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 3 more | 85 min |
| Jul 10, 10:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Edmonson, Logan, Monroe and 2 more | 97 min |
| Jul 10, 11:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken and 47 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boone and 80 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell | 37 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.