Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 153
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 5, 2008, 6:45 AM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2008, 6:45 AM CST (12:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2008, 8:45 AM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 73 counties
Massac County, IL, Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 355 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 6:20 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton and 13 more | 85 min |
| Feb 4, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 4, 9:21 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 18 more | 84 min |
| Feb 4, 9:44 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Douglas, Ford and 13 more | 91 min |
| Feb 5, 9:47 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more | 88 min |
| Feb 5, 3:09 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 15 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:46 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 17 more | 119 min |
| Feb 4, 7:18 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Carroll, Cass and 23 more | 117 min |
| Feb 4, 7:27 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Carroll, Cass and 23 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 4, 7:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Carroll, Cass and 23 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 5, 6:39 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Stone, Taney | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 7:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:18 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Christian, McDonald, Newton, Stone | 87 min |
| Feb 5, 11:16 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Howell and 10 more | 89 min |
| Feb 5, 12:39 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Christian, Dent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:17 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Taney, Texas | 88 min |
| Feb 5, 5:26 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:39 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Dunklin, New Madrid, Oregon and 5 more | 96 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008
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.