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Mesoscale Discussion 1886
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 13, 2014, 10:41 PM CDT for 52 counties in Kentucky; 15 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2014, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2014, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 20%
All 67 counties
Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas 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, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Union County, TN, White County, TN
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1109 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 568 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
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 14, 6:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Oct 13, 7:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Lawrence, Lincoln and 3 more | 57 min |
| Oct 13, 8:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Oct 13, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 14, 2:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Monroe, Polk | 83 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.