Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2004
Mesoscale Discussion 1059
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2004, 3:29 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 91 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2004, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2004, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 91 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 136 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bell County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Green County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Anderson County, TN, Benton County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Madison County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Union County, TN, Weakley County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN, Bland County, VA, Buchanan County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Roane County, WV, Summers County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Boyle and 62 more | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 8:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Boyle and 62 more | 56 min |
| Jun 2, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Clinton, Harlan, Knox, Letcher, McCreary and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.