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Mesoscale Discussion 459

April 11, 200738 counties in Indiana; 31 counties in Kentucky; 25 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 11, 2007, 6:50 PM EDT for 38 counties in Indiana; 31 counties in Kentucky; 25 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2007, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2007, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 94 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Miami 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, Wabash County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Allen County, OH, 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, Hardin County, OH, Highland 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, Van Wert County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2007-04-11Temperature 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 2007-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 260 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
1328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
339 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
Apr 11, 3:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Knox and 13 more86 min
Apr 11, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 62 more4 hr
Apr 11, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carter and 18 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.