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Mesoscale Discussion 1378

July 14, 20144 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 14, 2014, 4:53 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2014, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 88 counties

Edwards County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Saline County, IL, Wabash County, IL, White County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Meade County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 12:00Z on 2014-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 212 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2014-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 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.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 10:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more86 min
Jul 14, 10:56 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt and 26 more94 min
Jul 14, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBond, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 42 more6 hr
Jul 14, 2:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford and 29 more54 min
Jul 14, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union, Wayne3 hr
Jul 14, 12:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt and 50 more2 hr
Jul 14, 6:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Clinton, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 5 more63 min

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.