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Mesoscale Discussion 883
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 11, 2008, 6:35 AM EDT for 42 counties in Indiana; 50 counties in Kentucky; 7 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2008, 6:35 AM EDT (10:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2008, 8:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 99 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Darke County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH, Warren County, OH
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:37 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 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:01 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Clay, Daviess, Fountain, Gibson, Greene and 15 more | 89 min |
| May 10, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 9:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, McCracken | 85 min |
| May 11, 9:34 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Floyd and 13 more | 26 min |
| May 11, 9:52 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 17 more | 6 hr |
| May 11, 11:10 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Pike | 95 min |
| May 11, 1:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Crawford and 27 more | 117 min |
| May 11, 2:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey and 18 more | 57 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.