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Mesoscale Discussion 170

February 5, 20085 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 5, 2008, 10:19 PM EST for 5 states. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 2008, 10:19 PM EST (03:19 UTC)
Expired
Feb 5, 2008, 11:45 PM EST
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 194 counties

Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Perry County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Perry County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Miami County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Washington County, OH, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Houston County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Scott County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wilson County, TN, Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2008-02-06Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2008-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 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
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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
Feb 5, 7:15 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn and 21 more90 min
Feb 5, 8:08 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 38 more6 hr
Feb 6, 7:07 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLake, Porter6 hr
Feb 6, 11:54 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Floyd, Jefferson, Ohio, Scott, Switzerland96 min
Feb 5, 9:07 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves and 5 more83 min
Feb 6, 12:41 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Boyd and 44 more5 hr
Feb 6, 2:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 3 more3 hr
Feb 6, 2:48 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 37 more87 min
Feb 6, 4:49 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLetcher86 min
Feb 6, 8:49 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPike116 min
Feb 5, 7:59 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Giles, Hickman, Houston and 12 more91 min
Feb 5, 8:19 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Giles, Hickman and 17 more6 hr
Feb 5, 10:39 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson and 20 more96 min
Feb 5, 11:01 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCChester, Decatur, Franklin, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson and 3 more8 hr
Feb 6, 12:59 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCCampbell, Morgan, Scott4 hr
Feb 6, 3:41 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 42 more2 hr
Feb 6, 5:06 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 31 more6 hr
Feb 6, 7:10 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea2 hr
Feb 6, 6:09 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Braxton, Grant, Greenbrier, Harrison, Lewis and 14 more66 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.