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Mesoscale Discussion 22
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 2, 2006, 3:53 PM EST for 45 counties in Indiana; 41 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 97 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2006, 3:53 PM EST (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2006, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 86 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Perry County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Larue County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Russell County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 572 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 6:38 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 6 hr |
| Jan 2, 8:14 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Daviess, Fountain, Greene, Knox, Montgomery and 8 more | 31 min |
| Jan 2, 8:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Daviess, Fountain, Greene, Knox, Martin and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 8:57 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 93 min |
| Jan 2, 11:21 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 31 more | 84 min |
| Jan 2, 12:30 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 32 more | 90 min |
| Jan 2, 12:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford and 41 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 2, 1:28 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, Clinton and 21 more | 92 min |
| Jan 1, 11:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 59 min |
| Jan 2, 4:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Fleming and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 5:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clark and 32 more | 95 min |
| Jan 2, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 14 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2006Mesoscale 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.