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Mesoscale Discussion 85

January 13, 20055 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 13, 2005, 1:48 PM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 13, 2005, 1:48 PM EST (18:48 UTC)
Expired
Jan 13, 2005, 3:45 PM EST
In force
117 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 108 counties

Boyd County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Carter County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Chautauqua County, NY, Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Medina County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA, Washington County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2005-01-13Temperature 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 2005-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 581 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1314 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
581 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
575 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
Jan 13, 10:53 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 34 more2 hr
Jan 13, 12:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clark and 35 more6 hr
Jan 13, 12:58 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCWilliams5 hr
Jan 13, 2:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Fairfield and 17 more4 hr
Jan 13, 5:29 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMonroe, Washington31 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.