Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2004
Mesoscale Discussion 1008
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 30, 2004, 11:47 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana; 62 counties in Kentucky; 37 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2004, 11:47 PM EDT (03:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2004, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 103 counties
Dearborn County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Green 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, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas 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, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 778 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland | 84 min |
| May 30, 9:20 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland | 7 hr |
| May 30, 9:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 63 more | 96 min |
| May 31, 1:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | DeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben | 55 min |
| May 31, 12:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Pike | 5 hr |
| May 31, 2:40 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clark and 38 more | 2 hr |
| May 31, 4:40 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Pike | 95 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004
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.