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Mesoscale Discussion 1948

October 6, 201336 counties in Kentucky; 9 counties in Ohio; 17 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 6, 2013, 12:27 PM CDT for 36 counties in Kentucky; 9 counties in Ohio; 17 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 6, 2013, 12:27 PM CDT (17:27 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 62 counties

Adair County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Fairfield County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Bledsoe County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Clay County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Scott County, TN, Smith County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 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 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 5, 7:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Calloway and 27 more	119 min
Oct 5, 8:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more	5 hr
Oct 5, 10:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Graves, Henderson, Hopkins and 6 more	97 min
Oct 5, 11:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, Shelby and 1 more	56 min
Oct 6, 1:32 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Carroll, Christian and 14 more	58 min
Oct 6, 2:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Grant, Harrison, Kenton and 4 more	116 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2013 Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.