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Mesoscale Discussion 1595
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 3, 2015, 3:06 AM EDT for 23 counties in Indiana; 18 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2015, 3:06 AM EDT (07:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2015, 5:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 5%
All 41 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Preble County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Benton, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Jasper and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:19 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Carroll, Cass, Fulton and 14 more | 86 min |
| Aug 3, 3:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blackford, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin and 10 more | 117 min |
| Aug 3, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland | 92 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.