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Mesoscale Discussion 1186
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 25, 2015, 10:05 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 85 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2015, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2015, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 85 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 103 counties
Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Knox County, IN, Martin County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
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, 7:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Clay, Clinton, Fayette, Franklin and 15 more | 93 min |
| Jun 26, 11:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin and 20 more | 115 min |
| Jun 26, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hardin, Massac, Pope | 89 min |
| Jun 26, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd, Franklin and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clark and 33 more | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 32 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bourbon, Bracken, Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Garrard and 11 more | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 9:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Buckingham, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 20 more | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 10:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Gloucester and 25 more | 63 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.