Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 470
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 19, 2008, 1:13 AM CDT for 24 counties in Kentucky; 23 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2008, 1:13 AM CDT (06:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2008, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties
Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Christian County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Larue County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Macon County, TN, Madison County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 675 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 3 more | 92 min |
| Mar 19, 1:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson and 19 more | 58 min |
| Mar 19, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Harlan and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Floyd and 14 more | 66 min |
| Mar 18, 10:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 8 hr |
| Mar 18, 11:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood and 6 more | 63 min |
| Mar 19, 4:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Giles | 2 hr |
| Mar 19, 7:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Franklin, Giles, Hardin, Lawrence, Lewis and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 6:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hawkins and 8 more | 86 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.