Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2012
Mesoscale Discussion 586
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 25, 2012, 10:11 PM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2012, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2012, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 187 counties
Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pike County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath 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, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Daviess 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, Greenup County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Knott County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan 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, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, City of Saint Louis, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Warren County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 1745 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1353 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 449 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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ACUS11 KWNS 260312
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 260311
WVZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-VAZ000-INZ000-ILZ000-MOZ000-260515-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0586
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1011 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012
AREAS AFFECTED...ERN MO INTO CNTRL IL
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 187...
VALID 260311Z - 260515Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 187
CONTINUES.
AN ISOLATED HAIL THREAT WILL REMAIN FOR SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS A LARGE
AREA FROM NERN MO/CNTRL IL EWD ACROSS THE OH VALLEY.
ISOLATED HAIL STORMS PERSIST OVER WRN IL...JUST AHEAD OF A COLD AND
NEAR THE SURFACE LOW. WEAK CONVERGENCE WILL REMAIN FROM SRN IL INTO
IND THIS EVENING AS THE LOW PROGRESSES EWD. THE ONGOING ACTIVITY MAY
CYCLE UP AND DOWN AS IT TRAVELS SEWD ACROSS IL...PRODUCING HAIL.
WHILE SOME CIN EXISTS...IT IS NOT FORECAST TO TOTALLY CAP THE
AREA...AND PARAMETERS REMAIN VERY FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL.
FARTHER E...INTO SRN OH AND ERN KY...A SEVERE STORM HAS FORMED ON
THE WRN FRINGE OF A BAND OF WARM ADVECTION CONVECTION...HAVING
ACCESS TO BETTER LAPSE RATES/MOISTURE. OTHER ACTIVITY WAS DEVELOPING
ON THE NOSE OF A 50+ KT WLY LOW LEVEL JET OVER KY. THIS BROAD AREA
OF LIFT SHOULD PERSIST...BUT SHOULD GRADUALLY OUTRUN THE BEST
INSTABILITY. AS A RESULT...THE BEST THREAT OF HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WANING AFTER 06Z INTO THE WRN VIRGINIAS.
..JEWELL.. 04/26/2012
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...RLX...JKL...ILN...LMK...IND...PAH...ILX...LSX...
DVN...
LAT...LON 38389012 39139132 39719159 40199140 40349080 40118976
39808805 39738578 39608394 39298313 38328204 37708210
37248242 37128358 37478786 37868923 38389012SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson and 8 more | 97 min |
| Apr 26, 4:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, McCreary and 1 more | 83 min |
| Apr 26, 5:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:24 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 96 min |
| Apr 26, 1:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bath, Bell, Boyd and 61 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Breathitt, Calloway and 42 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Breathitt, Clay and 26 more | 83 min |
| Apr 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Breathitt, Clay and 23 more | 95 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.