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Mesoscale Discussion 1177
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 25, 2015, 5:23 PM CDT for 57 counties in Kentucky; 5 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 97 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2015, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
All 62 counties
Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski 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, Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 29 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bullitt, Hancock, Henderson, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Crittenden, Daviess, Grayson, Hancock and 8 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey and 43 more | 8 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2015Every mesoscale discussion in 2015
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.