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Mesoscale Discussion 163
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 2, 2014, 5:48 PM CST for 60 counties in Kentucky; 8 counties in Tennessee; 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2014, 5:48 PM CST (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2014, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hart County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Martin County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Henry County, TN, Houston County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Boone County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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 nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 5:32 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:44 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.