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Mesoscale Discussion 88
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 30, 2013, 3:33 AM EST for 21 counties in Indiana; 82 counties in Kentucky; 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2013, 3:33 AM EST (08:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 4:30 AM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 107 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin 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, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery 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, 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, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Hamilton County, OH
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 7:08 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Daviess, Fountain, Gibson, Greene, Knox and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:19 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 30 more | 86 min |
| Jan 29, 10:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clark, Clay and 46 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:05 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 37 more | 85 min |
| Jan 30, 1:45 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more | 60 min |
| Jan 29, 8:13 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken | 6 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:49 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calloway, Fulton | 116 min |
| Jan 30, 4:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 57 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 30, 5:51 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 30, 7:38 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 21 more | 97 min |
| Jan 30, 8:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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.