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Mesoscale Discussion 1570

July 24, 20124 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 24, 2012, 1:52 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2012, 1:52 PM EDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 70 counties

Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Lawrence County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Buchanan County, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Wise County, VA, Boone County, WV, Cabell 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), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2012-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1858 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 2012-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1858 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
1.7

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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 24, 10:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Lewis, Mason and 2 more3 hr
Jul 24, 11:43 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBath, Bourbon, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clark and 26 more62 min
Jul 24, 11:59 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Greenup, Kenton, Lewis and 3 more61 min
Jul 24, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd and 61 more6 hr
Jul 24, 3:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Anderson, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle, Breathitt and 44 more95 min
Jul 24, 4:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBreckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess and 17 more95 min
Jul 24, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Breckinridge, Butler and 26 more4 hr
Jul 24, 10:08 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAuglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke and 14 more97 min
Jul 24, 11:48 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBelmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Stark87 min
Jul 24, 1:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 89 more6 hr
Jul 24, 1:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Charlotte and 48 more2 hr
Jul 24, 3:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville and 28 more89 min
Jul 24, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight and 20 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 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.