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Mesoscale Discussion 597
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 14, 2014, 10:37 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2014, 10:37 AM CDT (15:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2014, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 125 counties
Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Perry County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Brown County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Madison County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Richland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Clay County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:38 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 10:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clinton, Monroe | 2 hr |
| May 14, 11:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 70 more | 8 hr |
| May 14, 12:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Carter and 10 more | 9 hr |
| May 14, 2:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boone and 60 more | 113 min |
| May 14, 4:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashtabula, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 19 more | 85 min |
| May 14, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson and 3 more | 4 hr |
| May 14, 11:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Chester, Clay and 41 more | 8 hr |
| May 14, 2:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson and 35 more | 91 min |
| May 14, 6:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb, Franklin and 16 more | 85 min |
| May 14, 12:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Harrison, Lewis and 11 more | 117 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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.