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Mesoscale Discussion 1007
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 26, 2024, 11:42 PM CDT for 58 counties in Kentucky; 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 93 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2024, 11:42 PM CDT (04:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2024, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Tornado watch 327
All 62 counties
Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Scioto County, OH
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -365 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 422 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 426 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 26, 8:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 17 more | 84 min |
| May 26, 8:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Daviess, Grayson, Hancock and 5 more | 84 min |
| May 26, 8:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd and 55 more | 61 min |
| May 26, 9:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hancock, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade and 2 more | 54 min |
| May 26, 10:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle and 61 more | 7 hr |
| May 27, 2:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Martin and 1 more | 55 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2024Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2024Every mesoscale discussion in 2024
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.