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Mesoscale Discussion 190
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 2, 2015, 5:03 PM CDT for 61 counties in Kentucky; Adams County, Scioto County, Ohio; 9 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2015, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason 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, Owsley County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Clay County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1203 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 11:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden and 17 more | 85 min |
| Apr 2, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 59 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Decatur, Franklin, Giles and 18 more | 63 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.