Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2015
Mesoscale Discussion 1336
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 9, 2015, 4:11 AM CDT for 25 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 2015, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2015, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 20%
All 25 counties
Adair County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Russell County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:13 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 9:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Union, Webster | 89 min |
| Jul 8, 11:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Crittenden and 19 more | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 11:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt and 37 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Knott and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Crittenden, Graves, Hickman and 8 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2015Every mesoscale discussion in 2015
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.