Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 167
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 5, 2008, 7:15 PM EST for 27 counties in Indiana; 55 counties in Kentucky; Butler County, Clermont County, Hamilton County, Ohio. It was in force for 90 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2008, 7:15 PM EST (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2008, 8:45 PM EST
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 85 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boone County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Christian County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Hamilton County, OH
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 706 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
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 5, 8:08 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:19 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur, Floyd, Franklin and 11 more | 86 min |
| Feb 6, 7:07 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lake, Porter | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:54 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Floyd, Jefferson, Ohio, Scott, Switzerland | 96 min |
| Feb 5, 9:07 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves and 5 more | 83 min |
| Feb 6, 12:41 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Boyd and 44 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:48 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 37 more | 87 min |
| Feb 6, 4:49 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Letcher | 86 min |
| Feb 6, 8:49 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Pike | 116 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.