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Mesoscale Discussion 201
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 3, 2015, 3:23 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 97 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2015, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 143 counties
Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Perry County, IN, Scott County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Perry County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Campbell County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Union County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN, Lee County, VA
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
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, 8:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur and 22 more | 58 min |
| Apr 3, 12:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Floyd, Harrison, Perry, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and 1 more | 94 min |
| Apr 3, 1:14 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 2, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, McCracken | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:39 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Livingston, McCracken | 66 min |
| Apr 3, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle and 53 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boyd, Greenup | 95 min |
| Apr 3, 6:43 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lake | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chester, Fayette, Giles, Hardeman, Hardin, Lawrence and 4 more | 93 min |
| Apr 3, 6:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cannon, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Morgan and 9 more | 66 min |
| Apr 3, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.