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Mesoscale Discussion 1249

June 19, 200640 counties in Kentucky

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 19, 2006, 6:06 PM CDT for 40 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2006, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2006, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Adair County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clay County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 228 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2006-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2006-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 9:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone114 min
Jun 19, 2:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Henry, Kenton and 1 more56 min
Jun 19, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Bullitt and 30 more6 hr
Jun 19, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyd, Boyle and 56 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.