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Mesoscale Discussion 2428

November 15, 200536 counties in Indiana; 28 counties in Kentucky; 20 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 15, 2005, 12:55 PM EST for 36 counties in Indiana; 28 counties in Kentucky; 20 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2005, 12:55 PM EST (17:55 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2005, 3:00 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 84 counties

Adams County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2005-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 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
Nov 14, 9:56 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDubois, Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and 1 more3 hr
Nov 14, 11:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCCrawford, Harrison, Perry, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and 1 more7 hr
Nov 15, 3:22 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarrison, Perry, Spencer, Vanderburgh113 min
Nov 15, 9:31 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 26 more59 min
Nov 15, 11:13 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDaviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Martin and 6 more2 hr
Nov 15, 11:13 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCClay, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene and 16 more7 hr
Nov 15, 1:34 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Knox and 11 more116 min
Nov 15, 2:32 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford and 49 more88 min
Nov 15, 3:01 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 61 more7 hr
Nov 15, 4:40 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, DeKalb, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble and 2 more95 min
Nov 15, 8:42 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more9 hr
Nov 15, 6:06 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCCarter, Greenup, Lewis, Mason6 hr
Nov 15, 6:58 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Bullitt and 30 more92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.