Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 2476
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 16, 2008, 11:56 AM EST for 6 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2008, 11:56 AM EST (16:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2008, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 114 counties
Clark County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Clark County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Mason County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Powell County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Garrett County, MD, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Madison County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Washington County, OH, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Washington County, PA, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Preston County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1112 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 6:28 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Perry, Spencer, Vanderburgh and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 15, 7:13 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 25 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 16, 12:43 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Ballard, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 16 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.