Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions in 2016
Mesoscale Discussion 612
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 11, 2016, 9:24 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana; 46 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 96 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2016, 9:24 PM EDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2016, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 96 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties
Clark County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Scott County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark 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, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 541 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 12:28 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Posey, Vanderburgh | 92 min |
| May 12, 10:10 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calloway, Fulton | 95 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016
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.