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Mesoscale Discussion 131
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 20, 2014, 9:19 PM EST for 49 counties in Indiana; 47 counties in Kentucky; 31 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 86 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2014, 9:19 PM EST (02:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 10:45 PM EST
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 127 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Noble County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boone County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue 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, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Logan County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Preble County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Warren County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 1388 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 487 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 629 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 9:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Jay, Steuben and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:29 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Jackson and 10 more | 61 min |
| Feb 20, 10:47 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:38 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell and 23 more | 67 min |
| Feb 21, 12:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Bracken, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence, Lewis and 3 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014
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.