Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 1792
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 12, 2003, 10:51 AM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 114 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2003, 10:51 AM EST (15:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2003, 12:45 PM EST
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 116 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Washington County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Clark County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Madison County, KY, Mason County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Powell County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Lawrence 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, Warren County, OH, Washington County, OH, Greene County, PA, Washington County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 968 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
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 12, 9:53 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Ohio and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 11:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken, Breathitt, Campbell and 30 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:11 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bath, Bell, Boyd and 48 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Caldwell, Christian, Clinton and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Bracken, Breathitt, Carter and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:14 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boyd, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:12 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Clinton, Cumberland, Knox, McCreary, Wayne and 1 more | 63 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.