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Mesoscale Discussion 519

April 22, 20114 counties in Indiana; 39 counties in Kentucky

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 22, 2011, 4:48 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana; 39 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 2011, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties

Clark County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Clark County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Powell County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2011-04-22Temperature 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 2011-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 452 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
452 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
501 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 22, 2:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois and 19 more61 min
Apr 22, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn and 26 more4 hr
Apr 22, 6:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 6 more33 min
Apr 22, 6:49 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson and 11 more7 hr

Nearby

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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.