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Mesoscale Discussion 1628

July 27, 20125 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 27, 2012, 8:28 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 2012, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2012, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 74 counties

Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Carter County, KY, Clark 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, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Buchanan County, VA, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-237 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 28, 12:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Caroline, Culpeper, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier and 13 more2 hr
Jul 28, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Arlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper and 40 more8 hr
Jul 28, 2:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville and 20 more117 min
Jul 28, 4:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack, Arlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Essex and 28 more87 min

Nearby

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