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Mesoscale Discussion 373
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 8, 2011, 3:51 PM CDT for 65 counties in Kentucky; 6 counties in Virginia; 12 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 84 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2011, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 83 counties
Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bell County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jackson 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, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Webster County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Buchanan County, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Russell County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wise County, VA, Boone County, WV, Cabell 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 Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 445 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 12:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boone, Bourbon and 85 more | 118 min |
| Apr 8, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 80 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd and 25 more | 55 min |
| Apr 8, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Henry and 15 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in 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.