Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 2217
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 22, 2003, 11:29 AM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 2003, 11:29 AM EDT (15:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2003, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 149 counties
Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Perry County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Knott County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason 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, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike 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, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Madison County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Montgomery 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, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:30 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 2888 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 769 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 11.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Ohio and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 88 min |
| Aug 22, 6:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Calloway, Christian and 19 more | 95 min |
| Aug 22, 3:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Mineral, Morgan, Preston | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jefferson | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.