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Mesoscale Discussion 1126

June 7, 20114 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 7, 2011, 2:56 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2011, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2011, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties

Bath County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carter County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Highland County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Madison County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH, Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2011-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 523 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 2011-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
523 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 7, 6:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Harlan and 14 more116 min
Jun 7, 5:29 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 11 more3 hr
Jun 7, 6:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga and 18 more5 hr
Jun 7, 8:22 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga and 15 more113 min
Jun 7, 10:32 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Crawford and 25 more88 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.