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Mesoscale Discussion 2384

November 6, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 6, 2005, 6:56 AM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 6, 2005, 6:56 AM EST (11:56 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2005, 8:00 AM EST
In force
64 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Bell County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Carter County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Washington County, OH, Campbell County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Scott County, TN, Union County, TN, Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 00:00Z on 2005-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 300 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 00:00Z on 2005-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
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
Nov 5, 9:53 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard67 min
Nov 5, 10:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard7 hr
Nov 6, 12:57 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 9 more93 min
Nov 6, 2:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBreckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian and 21 more85 min
Nov 6, 3:13 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBreckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Carroll, Christian, Daviess and 18 more92 min
Nov 6, 3:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBreckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian and 21 more4 hr
Nov 6, 4:40 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 52 more95 min
Nov 6, 4:55 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boone and 58 more6 hr
Nov 6, 6:20 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Breckinridge, Butler, Carroll, Christian, Daviess and 12 more55 min
Nov 6, 8:44 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCampbell, Kenton91 min
Nov 6, 5:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Crawford, Cuyahoga and 24 more7 hr
Nov 6, 11:44 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshtabula, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 17 more2 hr
Nov 6, 10:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooke, Marshall, Ohio3 hr
Nov 6, 12:50 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio5 hr
Nov 6, 1:25 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 31 more2 hr

Nearby

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