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Mesoscale Discussion 1422
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 14, 2015, 7:06 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 84 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2015, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 77 counties
Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bell County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Anderson County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Union County, TN, Buchanan County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1232 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 14, 11:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Cumberland and 24 more | 95 min |
| Jul 14, 8:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Bedford and 49 more | 94 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in 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.