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The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 17, 2013, 2:34 PM EST for 6 counties in Indiana; 52 counties in Kentucky; 14 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2013, 2:34 PM EST (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 95%
All 72 counties
Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 476 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 3:06 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Pike, Posey and 3 more | 84 min |
| Nov 17, 9:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 7 hr |
| Nov 17, 11:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone and 56 more | 119 min |
| Nov 17, 11:17 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 118 min |
| Nov 17, 11:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 65 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 17, 11:43 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 8 hr |
| Nov 17, 11:49 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lake, Newton | 86 min |
| Nov 17, 12:57 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Fountain, Jasper, Lake, Montgomery, Newton and 7 more | 93 min |
| Nov 17, 12:57 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Posey | 93 min |
| Nov 17, 2:13 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 59 more | 77 min |
| Nov 17, 2:58 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:43 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 62 min |
| Nov 17, 3:51 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Brown, Clay and 34 more | 84 min |
| Nov 17, 4:46 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Orange and 7 more | 89 min |
| Nov 17, 2:05 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle | 55 min |
| Nov 17, 4:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Greenup, Lewis, Mason, Robertson | 5 hr |
| Nov 17, 6:06 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Mason | 54 min |
| Nov 17, 6:16 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Bath, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Casey and 40 more | 59 min |
| Nov 17, 5:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys and 5 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.