Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2004
Mesoscale Discussion 1885
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 4, 2004, 3:39 PM CDT for 7 states. It was in force for 96 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2004, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2004, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 96 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 160 counties
Hardin County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Perry 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, Bell County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harlan 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, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McCreary County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike 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, 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, Lawrence County, OH, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Henry County, TN, Houston County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Buchanan County, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Russell County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wise County, VA, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Roane County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 694 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 886 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 14 more | 67 min |
| Aug 3, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox, Mercer, Rock Island and 2 more | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Knox, McDonough and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake and 3 more | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 10:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Jersey and 3 more | 67 min |
| Aug 3, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fulton, Henderson, Jersey, Livingston, McDonough, Mason and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 32 more | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Carroll, Cass and 26 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko and 9 more | 58 min |
| Aug 4, 1:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Carroll, Cass and 26 more | 90 min |
| Aug 4, 5:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Clay and 28 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 7 more | 89 min |
| Aug 4, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Perry | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Greenup, Kenton, Lewis and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boyd, Fleming, Greenup, Lewis | 119 min |
| Aug 4, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester | 117 min |
| Aug 4, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church and 2 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.