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Mesoscale Discussion 1392
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 13, 2015, 3:04 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 86 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2015, 3:04 PM EDT (19:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2015, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 121 counties
Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson 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, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Meade 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, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 4:49 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Pulaski and 1 more | 116 min |
| Jul 13, 5:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:19 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Marshall, Newton and 5 more | 86 min |
| Jul 13, 10:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd and 21 more | 89 min |
| Jul 13, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Fountain, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Benton, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Cass and 52 more | 91 min |
| Jul 13, 5:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Barren, Bell, Casey, Clay, Clinton and 25 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 26 more | 83 min |
| Jul 13, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Lee and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 28 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.