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Mesoscale Discussion 1027

June 23, 2016Boyd County, Lawrence County, Kentucky; 7 counties in Ohio; 26 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 23, 2016, 2:51 AM EDT for Boyd County, Lawrence County, Kentucky; 7 counties in Ohio; 26 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2016, 2:51 AM EDT (06:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2016, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 35 counties

Boyd County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Washington County, OH, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2016-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 130 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2016-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
340 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 10:33 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 4 more8 hr
Jun 23, 12:51 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Greenup and 5 more84 min
Jun 23, 3:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence4 hr
Jun 23, 4:36 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Fleming, Kenton, Lewis and 3 more24 min
Jun 23, 6:15 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Lawrence90 min
Jun 23, 2:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell and 41 more64 min
Jun 23, 3:01 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken, Breathitt and 38 more7 hr
Jun 23, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 49 more10 hr
Jun 23, 6:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken and 52 more93 min
Jun 23, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 6 more5 hr
Jun 23, 7:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 49 more2 hr
Jun 22, 8:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFulton, Williams113 min
Jun 22, 9:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene and 9 more97 min
Jun 23, 1:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMonroe, Summers92 min
Jun 23, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers7 hr
Jun 23, 4:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas and 3 more54 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.