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Mesoscale Discussion 1406
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 14, 2015, 12:47 AM EDT for 30 counties in Indiana; 25 counties in Kentucky; 17 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2015, 12:47 AM EDT (04:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2015, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Mason County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Madison County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH, Warren County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:50 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 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1422 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
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, 8:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 52 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd, Franklin and 16 more | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Dubois, Fayette, Floyd and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 52 more | 53 min |
| Jul 14, 1:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Daviess, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Martin and 2 more | 64 min |
| Jul 14, 3:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dubois, Knox, Perry, Pike | 85 min |
| Jul 14, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blackford, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Jay, Ohio and 5 more | 93 min |
| Jul 14, 4:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blackford, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Jay, Ohio and 5 more | 83 min |
| Jul 14, 6:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary and 3 more | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 1:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary, Monroe, Simpson | 91 min |
| Jul 14, 3:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Calloway, Carlisle, Clinton, Fulton, Graves and 6 more | 94 min |
| Jul 14, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle, Breathitt and 52 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:44 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Auglaize, Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Clinton and 40 more | 61 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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.