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Mesoscale Discussion 373

April 8, 201165 counties in Kentucky; 6 counties in Virginia; 12 counties in West Virginia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-04-08Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2011-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 337 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
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

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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
Apr 8, 12:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boone, Bourbon and 85 more118 min
Apr 8, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 80 more8 hr
Apr 8, 6:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd and 25 more55 min
Apr 8, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Henry and 15 more6 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.