Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2006
Mesoscale Discussion 717
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 2, 2006, 5:43 AM CDT for 35 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2006, 5:43 AM CDT (10:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2006, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:45 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 403 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
- 498 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
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 1, 8:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess, Graves and 13 more | 85 min |
| May 1, 10:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Graves and 8 more | 93 min |
| May 1, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Christian and 24 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 2:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 40 more | 2 hr |
| May 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calloway | 90 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.