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Mesoscale Discussion 1413

July 14, 20155 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 14, 2015, 3:12 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2015, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2015, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 130 counties

Blackford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Jay County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Adams County, OH, Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Athens County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Portage County, OH, Preble County, OH, Richland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Washington County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Barbour County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Preston County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2015-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 444 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2015-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
444 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-243 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

430 
ACUS11 KWNS 141912
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 141912 
PAZ000-MDZ000-WVZ000-OHZ000-KYZ000-INZ000-142045-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1413
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0212 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015

AREAS AFFECTED...OH...SERN INDIANA...WRN PA...NRN KY...WV

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 421...

VALID 141912Z - 142045Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 421
CONTINUES.

SUMMARY...SEVERE THREAT WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WW421 BY
EARLY EVENING.

DISCUSSION...MCS IS GRADUALLY EXPANDING IN AREAL COVERAGE AS IT
PROPAGATES SEWD ACROSS OH AT ROUGHLY 30-35KT.  GIVEN THE CURRENT
SPEED/MOVEMENT...SEVERE THREAT SHOULD APPROACH THE OH RIVER AROUND
21Z THEN SPREAD TOWARD SRN PORTIONS OF WW421 AFTER 15/00Z.  DAMAGING
WINDS COULD BE COMMON ALONG LEADING EDGE OF SQUALL LINE.

..DARROW.. 07/14/2015

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...CTP...LWX...PBZ...RLX...CLE...JKL...ILN...LMK...
IWX...IND...

LAT...LON   40628536 41577938 39117936 38178537 40628536

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:22 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 52 more7 hr
Jul 13, 9:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd, Franklin and 16 more59 min
Jul 13, 10:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Crawford, Dearborn, Dubois, Fayette, Floyd and 18 more7 hr
Jul 13, 11:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 52 more53 min
Jul 14, 12:47 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Dearborn, Decatur and 24 more58 min
Jul 14, 1:56 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Daviess, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Martin and 2 more64 min
Jul 14, 3:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois and 19 more5 hr
Jul 14, 5:35 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDubois, Knox, Perry, Pike85 min
Jul 14, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more7 hr
Jul 14, 4:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlackford, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Jay, Ohio and 5 more83 min
Jul 14, 6:35 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary and 3 more55 min
Jul 14, 1:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary, Monroe, Simpson91 min
Jul 14, 3:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Calloway, Carlisle, Clinton, Fulton, Graves and 6 more94 min
Jul 14, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle, Breathitt and 52 more6 hr
Jul 14, 11:44 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Auglaize, Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Clinton and 40 more61 min
Jul 14, 3:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 10 more62 min
Jul 14, 6:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkeley, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson and 7 more2 hr
Jul 14, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkeley, Grant, Greenbrier, Hardy, Jefferson, Mercer and 4 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.