Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2006
Mesoscale Discussion 1901
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 27, 2006, 3:11 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2006, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2006, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 135 counties
Clark County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Clark County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Powell County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Madison County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Washington County, OH, Beaver County, PA, Greene County, PA, Washington County, PA, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 9:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone and 63 more | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 9:21 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Cass and 42 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:47 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Clay and 42 more | 88 min |
| Aug 27, 1:43 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette and 21 more | 92 min |
| Aug 27, 1:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.