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Mesoscale Discussion 1349

June 14, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 14, 2005, 4:09 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2005, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2005, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 80 counties

Boyd County, KY, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Washington County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Elk County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Greene County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Preston County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2005-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 698 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2005-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
698 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 10:42 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Kenton, Trimble2 hr
Jun 14, 11:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 5 more8 hr
Jun 14, 12:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 55 more2 hr
Jun 14, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 55 more7 hr
Jun 14, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Floyd and 16 more6 hr
Jun 14, 6:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Knox and 7 more93 min
Jun 14, 6:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson and 12 more95 min
Jun 13, 11:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Darke and 12 more2 hr
Jun 14, 10:34 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Auglaize, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin and 13 more86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.