Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2014
Mesoscale Discussion 1476
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 26, 2014, 10:29 PM CDT for 60 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2014, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2014, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, McCreary County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Owsley 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, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1017 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Carroll, Crittenden and 25 more | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 50 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Boyle, Bullitt, Casey, Garrard, Green and 14 more | 116 min |
| Jul 27, 10:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 61 more | 116 min |
| Jul 27, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 65 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Carter and 10 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bath, Bell, Bourbon and 53 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 56 more | 92 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014
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.