Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2004
Mesoscale Discussion 1655
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 13, 2004, 7:36 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 114 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2004, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2004, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 116 counties
Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Posey County, IN, 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, Caldwell County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Green County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, McCreary County, KY, McLean County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson 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, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Anderson County, TN, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 2877 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1306 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 11:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 28 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Huntington and 13 more | 119 min |
| Jul 13, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary, Monroe, Simpson and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Calloway, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie and 1 more | 114 min |
| Jul 14, 5:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson, Metcalfe and 3 more | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 12:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bell, Calloway, Clinton, Cumberland, Graves and 13 more | 117 min |
| Jul 14, 7:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Cocke, Grainger, Greene and 11 more | 85 min |
| Jul 14, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Carroll and 47 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Carroll and 45 more | 91 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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.