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Mesoscale Discussion 1826
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 7, 2014, 4:25 PM EDT for 23 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 2014, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2014, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 5%
All 27 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Miami County, IN, Noble County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Defiance County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 1:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson and 6 more | 115 min |
| Oct 7, 2:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Floyd, Franklin, Harrison and 7 more | 9 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Fountain and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 6 more | 96 min |
| Oct 7, 7:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 61 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.