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Mesoscale Discussion 1350

June 14, 20058 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 14, 2005, 6:12 PM EDT for 8 states. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2005, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2005, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 140 counties

Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Allegany County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Ashe County, NC, Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Wyoming County, NY, Yates County, NY, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Elk County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Greene County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Potter County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Warren County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Anderson County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Union County, TN, Washington County, TN, Alleghany County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buchanan County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Norton, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Highland County, VA, Lee County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Berkeley County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Grant County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Marion County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Preston County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Roane County, WV, Summers County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, 4:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd96 min
Jun 14, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Floyd and 16 more6 hr
Jun 14, 6:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson and 12 more95 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 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.