Alert archive / Kentucky / Mesoscale Discussions / 2008
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, May 2008
17 mesoscale discussions in May 2008. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 17
- Busiest day
- May 11, 20084 mesoscale discussions
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 13 more | 2 hr |
| May 2, 4:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Christian, Edmonson and 15 more | 85 min |
| May 8, 2:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Knott and 7 more | 83 min |
| May 8, 6:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Campbell, Carroll, Daviess and 13 more | 63 min |
| May 9, 7:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Clinton, Floyd, Harlan and 20 more | 57 min |
| May 10, 5:05 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 12 more | 115 min |
| May 10, 9:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, McCracken | 85 min |
| May 11, 6:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle and 44 more | 115 min |
| May 11, 9:34 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Floyd and 13 more | 26 min |
| May 11, 11:10 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Pike | 95 min |
| May 13, 7:07 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, McCracken | 83 min |
| May 13, 8:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Boone, Breckinridge and 53 more | 2 hr |
| May 25, 11:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 15 more | 117 min |
| May 26, 1:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 25 more | 65 min |
| May 31, 6:58 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boyle and 46 more | 2 hr |
| May 31, 4:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boyd, Lawrence | 62 min |
| May 31, 6:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Harlan, Knox and 8 more | 56 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carlisle County7
- Christian County7
- Trigg County7
- Ballard County6
- Fulton County6
- McCracken County6
- Caldwell County5
- Calloway County5
- Graves County5
- Hickman County5
- Hopkins County5
- Lyon County5
- Marshall County5
- Webster County5
- Barren County5
- Breckinridge County5
- Edmonson County5
- Grayson County5
- Green County5
- Hardin County5
- Hart County5
- Larue County5
- Muhlenberg County5
- Todd County5
- Warren County5
- Crittenden County4
- Henderson County4
- Livingston County4
- McLean County4
- Union County4
- Allen County4
- Butler County4
- Logan County4
- Meade County4
- Metcalfe County4
- Simpson County4
- Perry County4
- Pike County4
- Monroe County3
- Ohio County3
77 more counties
- Breathitt County3
- Floyd County3
- Johnson County3
- Knott County3
- Lawrence County3
- Letcher County3
- Magoffin County3
- Martin County3
- Morgan County3
- Boone County3
- Bullitt County3
- Campbell County3
- Carroll County3
- Daviess County3
- Gallatin County3
- Grant County3
- Henry County3
- Jefferson County3
- Kenton County3
- Oldham County3
- Owen County3
- Shelby County3
- Trimble County3
- Bell County3
- Clay County3
- Clinton County3
- Harlan County3
- Laurel County3
- Leslie County3
- Pulaski County3
- Rockcastle County3
- Wayne County3
- Anderson County3
- Marion County3
- Nelson County3
- Spencer County3
- Washington County3
- Cumberland County3
- Carter County2
- Elliott County2
- Hancock County2
- Jackson County2
- Knox County2
- Lee County2
- McCreary County2
- Owsley County2
- Whitley County2
- Wolfe County2
- Adair County2
- Boyle County2
- Casey County2
- Clark County2
- Fayette County2
- Franklin County2
- Garrard County2
- Jessamine County2
- Lincoln County2
- Madison County2
- Mercer County2
- Pendleton County2
- Scott County2
- Taylor County2
- Woodford County2
- Boyd County2
- Russell County2
- Bourbon County1
- Bracken County1
- Harrison County1
- Nicholas County1
- Robertson County1
- Greenup County1
- Lewis County1
- Bath County1
- Estill County1
- Menifee County1
- Montgomery County1
- Powell County1
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Sources
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