Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 48
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 10, 2008, 1:03 PM CST for 52 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 87 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2008, 1:03 PM CST (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 52 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Nelson 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, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 7:52 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell and 30 more | 113 min |
| Jan 10, 2:19 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boyle and 42 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Butler, Casey and 30 more | 115 min |
| Jan 10, 3:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe | 93 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.