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Mesoscale Discussion 2000

November 1, 201313 counties in Kentucky; 59 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 1, 2013, 12:39 AM EDT for 13 counties in Kentucky; 59 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 1, 2013, 12:39 AM EDT (04:39 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 2013, 2:15 AM EDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 73 counties

Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Athens County, OH, Brown County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Greene County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Crawford County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:41 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 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2013-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2013-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 716 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
716 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
846 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.

488 
ACUS11 KWNS 010440
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 010439 
PAZ000-OHZ000-WVZ000-KYZ000-INZ000-010615-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2000
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1139 PM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

AREAS AFFECTED...OH AND NRN KY

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 556...

VALID 010439Z - 010615Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 556
CONTINUES.

SUMMARY...A LINE OF SHALLOW CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A
DAMAGING WIND THREAT ACROSS WW 556.

DISCUSSION...A LINE OF HIGH REFLECTIVITY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE RAPIDLY EWD WITH THE COLD FRONT.
WIND JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE ARE VERY STRONG...AND THIS AREA OF
PRECIPITATION IS HELPING TO TRANSPORT STRONGER WINDS TO THE SURFACE.

SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A NARROW AXIS OF LOWER 60S F DEWPOINTS ACROSS
KY AND INTO SWRN OH...BUT DRIER AIR EXISTS ACROSS ERN OH AND KY. DUE
TO THE DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR...THE WIND THREAT SHOULD GRADUALLY
DECREASE WITH TIME.  NEVERTHELESS...EXTREME LOW LEVEL WINDS SHOWN ON
LOCAL VAD PROFILES SUGGEST THAT NEW WATCHES MAY BE REQUIRED INTO
PARTS OF WESTERN PA/WV AND EASTERN KY OVERNIGHT.

..JEWELL.. 11/01/2013

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...PBZ...RLX...CLE...JKL...ILN...LMK...

LAT...LON   41738000 38388250 38408525 39598409 41138337 41758326
            41738000

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 8:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Calloway, Christian and 13 more66 min
Oct 31, 8:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Caldwell, Carlisle, Crittenden and 17 more2 hr
Oct 31, 8:54 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 29 more5 hr
Oct 31, 9:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bourbon, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Fleming and 11 more2 hr
Oct 31, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Carter and 9 more6 hr
Oct 31, 11:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 33 more64 min
Nov 1, 12:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 28 more5 hr
Nov 1, 3:37 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Martin and 1 more83 min
Nov 1, 4:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 26 more4 hr
Nov 1, 5:41 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Chester and 33 more94 min
Nov 1, 6:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more5 hr
Nov 1, 8:34 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2013Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.