Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2006
Mesoscale Discussion 894
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 18, 2006, 6:12 PM CDT for 69 counties in Kentucky; Adams County, Brown County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2006, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2006, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 71 counties
Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Green County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 8:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Breckinridge, Campbell, Carroll, Daviess and 14 more | 64 min |
| May 18, 9:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken and 43 more | 87 min |
| May 18, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle and 51 more | 7 hr |
| May 18, 1:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle and 52 more | 113 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.