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Mesoscale Discussion 2053
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 23, 2015, 7:42 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2015, 7:42 PM CST (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2015, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 95 counties
Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell 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, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland 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, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nicholas 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, Taylor County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Madison County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Union County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Pickett County, TN, Cabell County, WV, Mason County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 23, 6:35 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 34 more | 55 min |
| Dec 23, 7:41 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hardin, McNairy | 2 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:11 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb and 23 more | 2 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:33 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 24 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in West 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.