Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 2228
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 22, 2003, 5:10 PM CDT for 25 counties in Kentucky; 21 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 95 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 2003, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2003, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 46 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Butler County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Henry County, TN, Houston County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Scott County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 2273 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, 10:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd and 72 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 22, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boone and 59 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Bullitt and 40 more | 88 min |
| Aug 22, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Campbell, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Cumberland and 28 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.