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Mesoscale Discussion 447

April 28, 20146 counties in Indiana; 67 counties in Kentucky; 5 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 28, 2014, 5:30 AM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana; 67 counties in Kentucky; 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2014, 5:30 AM EDT (09:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2014, 7:00 AM EDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 78 counties

Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Scott County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen 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, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Clay County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Sumner County, TN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 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 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2014-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2014-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
357 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
Apr 28, 4:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPerry, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick2 hr
Apr 28, 7:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGibson, Posey, Vanderburgh95 min
Apr 27, 8:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarlisle, Fulton, Hickman91 min
Apr 27, 8:53 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more6 hr
Apr 28, 12:41 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 5 more94 min
Apr 28, 7:57 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalloway, Christian, Logan, Simpson, Todd, Trigg2 hr
Apr 28, 1:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClinton, McCreary, Wayne55 min
Apr 28, 2:33 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBell, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Knox and 5 more5 hr
Apr 28, 4:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarlan, Letcher, Pike63 min
Apr 28, 2:43 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more8 hr
Apr 28, 1:05 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Giles, Hardin, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln and 5 more115 min
Apr 28, 1:39 PM EDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBedford, Chester, Coffee, Decatur, Franklin, Giles and 13 more8 hr
Apr 28, 3:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGiles, Hardin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Wayne66 min
Apr 28, 6:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradley, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Hamilton and 8 more83 min
Apr 28, 6:37 PM EDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAnderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 25 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.