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Mesoscale Discussion 616

May 11, 201547 counties in Kentucky; 16 counties in Ohio; 8 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 11, 2015, 3:13 PM CDT for 47 counties in Kentucky; 16 counties in Ohio; 8 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2015, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 92 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 71 counties

Adair 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, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan 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, Taylor County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 11:48 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 1 more	2 hr
May 11, 12:14 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Kenton, Trimble	7 hr
May 11, 12:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Boyd and 59 more	3 hr
May 11, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle and 61 more	8 hr
May 11, 3:03 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson and 14 more	2 hr
May 11, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson and 18 more	5 hr
May 11, 5:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken and 33 more	97 min
May 11, 1:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Crawford and 24 more	62 min
May 11, 3:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Columbiana, Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit and 1 more	2 hr
May 11, 3:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Crawford and 35 more	66 min
May 11, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Geauga and 12 more	4 hr
May 11, 6:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Belmont, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Mahoning, Monroe and 1 more	64 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2015 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.