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Mesoscale Discussion 1122

June 14, 20096 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 14, 2009, 6:05 PM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2009, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 127 counties

Hardin County, IL, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath 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, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Crittenden 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, 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, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Livingston 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, 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, Pike 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, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Webster County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Lawrence County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 254 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 2009-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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 12:00Z on 2009-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 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
Jun 14, 11:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware and 22 more87 min
Jun 14, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Dearborn, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Harrison and 8 more7 hr
Jun 14, 4:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Dearborn, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Jefferson and 4 more57 min
Jun 14, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Boyd, Carter, Clay, Floyd, Greenup and 10 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2009Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.