Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2005
Mesoscale Discussion 922
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 19, 2005, 8:31 PM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 89 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2005, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 89 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 169 counties
Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington 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, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Carroll 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, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green 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, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin 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, Trimble 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, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Buchanan County, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Wise County, VA, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 608 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 537 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
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 19, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lawrence, Wabash | 5 hr |
| May 19, 10:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 34 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 16 more | 7 hr |
| May 20, 4:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 8 more | 57 min |
| May 19, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 66 more | 5 hr |
| May 20, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Clinton, Cumberland and 15 more | 8 hr |
| May 19, 11:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson and 7 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 11:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson and 7 more | 2 hr |
| May 20, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Johnson | 7 hr |
| May 20, 7:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee and 43 more | 93 min |
| May 20, 8:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Franklin, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall and 4 more | 7 hr |
| May 20, 12:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Franklin, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall and 4 more | 65 min |
| May 20, 2:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Cumberland, Grundy, Hamilton and 10 more | 60 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005
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.