Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 276
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 21, 2008, 6:15 AM CST for 8 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2008, 6:15 AM CST (12:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2008, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 242 counties
Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Clay County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Izard County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Washington County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Webster County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Kay County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Clay County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Henry County, TN, Houston County, TN, Lake County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:17 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 409 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 12:22 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:51 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union | 24 min |
| Feb 21, 12:04 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 21, 5:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 7 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.