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Mesoscale Discussion 1434

July 8, 20124 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 8, 2012, 12:14 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2012, 12:14 PM CDT (17:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2012, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 78 counties

Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Saline County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Meade County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2012-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2132 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 2012-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
2132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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
Jul 8, 6:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson and 8 more3 hr
Jul 8, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd and 14 more6 hr
Jul 8, 3:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Dubois and 17 more64 min
Jul 8, 12:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Lawrence, Martin61 min
Jul 8, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence8 hr
Jul 8, 3:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGallia54 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.