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Mesoscale Discussion 2202

September 25, 201143 counties in Indiana; 25 counties in Kentucky; Montgomery County, Stewart County, Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 25, 2011, 8:49 PM EDT for 43 counties in Indiana; 25 counties in Kentucky; Montgomery County, Stewart County, Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 25, 2011, 8:49 PM EDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2011, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 70 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Christian County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Montgomery County, TN, Stewart County, TN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 238 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 2011-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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 00:00Z on 2011-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1410 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
291 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
Sep 26, 1:45 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Blackford, Clark, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware and 18 more3 hr
Sep 26, 6:43 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Campbell, Casey, Clark and 16 more3 hr
Sep 26, 2:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFloyd, Letcher, Martin, Pike59 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.