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Mesoscale Discussion 1561

June 30, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 30, 2005, 7:05 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2005, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2005, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties

Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Grant County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Scott County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Hamilton County, OH, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Buchanan County, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Norton, VA, Craig County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Giles County, VA, Highland County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Summers County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1111 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 30, 3:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJefferson, Oldham, Trimble96 min
Jun 30, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Estill and 17 more8 hr
Jun 30, 3:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Henderson, McCracken, Union62 min
Jun 30, 4:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBath, Boyd, Bracken, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 26 more88 min
Jun 30, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Campbell, Gallatin, Kenton, Pendleton7 hr
Jun 30, 8:27 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDefiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams2 hr
Jun 30, 9:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDefiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa and 7 more5 hr
Jun 30, 11:33 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas and 8 more117 min
Jun 30, 12:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 34 more5 hr
Jun 30, 2:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga and 27 more2 hr
Jun 30, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDefiance, Paulding, Van Wert, Williams6 hr
Jun 30, 7:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Darke and 18 more89 min

Nearby

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