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Mesoscale Discussion 773

May 5, 200312 counties in Indiana; 75 counties in Kentucky

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 5, 2003, 7:33 PM EDT for 12 counties in Indiana; 75 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2003, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2003, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 87 counties

Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Webster County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 616 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 575 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
616 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
575 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
604 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
12.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

893 
ACUS11 KWNS 052333
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 052333 
OHZ000-KYZ000-INZ000-ILZ000-060030-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0773
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0633 PM CDT MON MAY 05 2003

AREAS AFFECTED...KY AND SRN INDIANA

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 253...

VALID 052333Z - 060030Z

WW 253 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 00Z.

RAIN-COOLED OUTFLOW SPREADING SLOWLY N/NWWD ACROSS MOST OF KY WILL
TEND TO LIMIT THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.	NEAR THE OH RIVER ALONG THE
BOUNDARY...LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE APPEARS TO BE WEAK INVOF OF SRN
INDIANA...AND THE MOIST SECTOR IS VERY NARROW THIS AREA.  ANY
ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WILL LIKELY OCCUR
ALONG AND N OF THE OUTFLOW IN EXTREME NRN KY AND SRN OH...IN TORNADO
WATCH 258.

..THOMPSON.. 05/05/2003

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...JKL...ILN...LMK...IND...PAH...

36788858 38498756 38738311 36708435

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 9:05 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPosey85 min
May 4, 10:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPosey2 hr
May 4, 11:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCGibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick5 hr
May 5, 12:37 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 5 more23 min
May 5, 12:45 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Perry and 1 more5 hr
May 5, 2:30 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick90 min
May 5, 2:46 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Clinton, Crawford and 34 more89 min
May 5, 3:31 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Floyd, Harrison89 min
May 5, 4:41 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick34 min
May 5, 4:50 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCGibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick6 hr
May 5, 7:32 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick88 min
May 5, 8:35 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCHarrison, Perry5 hr
May 5, 10:19 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick56 min
May 5, 11:12 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarrison, Perry93 min
May 5, 12:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarrison, Perry61 min
May 5, 1:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 6 more7 hr
May 5, 3:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison, Perry and 4 more118 min
May 5, 5:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSteuben3 hr
May 5, 5:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCOhio3 hr
May 4, 8:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Fulton and 7 more116 min
May 5, 2:20 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Fulton and 7 more6 hr
May 5, 5:18 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Ballard, Barren, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 19 more57 min
May 5, 5:55 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCFulton6 hr
May 5, 10:35 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCCalloway, Fulton5 hr
May 5, 12:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFulton114 min
May 5, 3:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFulton62 min
May 5, 3:35 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCFulton7 hr
May 5, 6:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBracken, Campbell, Grant, Greenup, Kenton, Lewis and 4 more5 hr
May 5, 7:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBath, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carter and 15 more88 min

Nearby

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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.