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Mesoscale Discussion 1618

July 26, 20125 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 26, 2012, 7:55 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2012, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 120 counties

Massac County, IL, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Perry County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2012-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1701 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2012-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
1701 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 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
Jul 27, 12:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Edgar, Edwards and 21 more2 hr
Jul 27, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 66 more8 hr
Jul 27, 4:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 54 more90 min
Jul 27, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Estill and 18 more4 hr
Jul 26, 8:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Pendleton84 min
Jul 27, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMonroe8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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.