Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2012
Mesoscale Discussion 215
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 2, 2012, 3:35 PM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 85 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 3:35 PM EST (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 85 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 145 counties
Clark County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan 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, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Clay County, TN, Macon County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Roane County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 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 2, 4:40 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Dubois, Harrison, Perry, Pike, Spencer and 1 more | 65 min |
| Mar 2, 5:25 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Daviess, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Martin and 4 more | 95 min |
| Mar 2, 6:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 8:50 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Dearborn and 38 more | 85 min |
| Mar 2, 10:22 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Floyd and 17 more | 113 min |
| Mar 2, 10:54 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, Fountain and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:02 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Fountain, Greene and 14 more | 88 min |
| Mar 2, 11:30 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Blackford, Dearborn, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin and 7 more | 90 min |
| Mar 2, 1:02 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur and 25 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:05 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn and 27 more | 85 min |
| Mar 2, 12:46 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, McCreary, Whitley | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 4:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:13 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clark, Clay and 30 more | 62 min |
| Mar 2, 3:30 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk | 90 min |
| Mar 2, 10:07 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland and 28 more | 53 min |
| Mar 2, 10:25 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 46 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:28 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Lake and 5 more | 62 min |
| Mar 2, 2:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 50 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:58 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke and 21 more | 62 min |
| Mar 2, 3:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:25 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 44 more | 65 min |
| Mar 2, 6:41 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradley, Polk | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012
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.