Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2004
Mesoscale Discussion 1220
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 12, 2004, 1:54 PM CDT for 74 counties in Kentucky; Lee County, Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2004, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2004, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 75 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry 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, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Lee County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1896 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 10:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle and 84 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 77 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fulton | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fulton | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bath, Bell, Bourbon and 48 more | 90 min |
| Jun 12, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Livingston, McCracken | 84 min |
| Jun 12, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Graves and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Graves and 12 more | 37 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in 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.