Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2011
Mesoscale Discussion 2204
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 26, 2011, 1:45 AM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 2011, 1:45 AM EDT (05:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2011, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 111 counties
Adams County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Clark County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Henry County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen 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, Butler County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland 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, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Warren County, OH, Clay County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1410 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 8:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn and 37 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 26, 6:43 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Campbell, Casey, Clark and 16 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Floyd, Letcher, Martin, Pike | 59 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011
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.