Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2006
Mesoscale Discussion 2019
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 22, 2006, 10:47 PM CDT for 50 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2006, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2006, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 1397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.9
- Supercell composite
- 14.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 7:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Ballard, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell and 35 more | 115 min |
| Sep 22, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 38 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 23, 12:59 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Boyle, Butler and 43 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 23, 4:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bath and 83 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 7:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 8 more | 85 min |
| Sep 23, 8:49 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 23, 10:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Boone and 71 more | 114 min |
| Sep 23, 11:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd and 68 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 42 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 23, 3:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bath, Bell, Boyle and 35 more | 92 min |
Nearby
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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.