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Mesoscale Discussion 1032

June 23, 20164 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 23, 2016, 2:26 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2016, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 68 counties

Scott County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Clark County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lewis 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, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Powell County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Roane County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 71 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 271 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 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
71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-385 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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, 8:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLaGrange, Steuben113 min
Jun 22, 9:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 31 more97 min
Jun 22, 10:33 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 51 more8 hr
Jun 23, 12:51 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone and 49 more84 min
Jun 23, 4:36 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDearborn, Decatur, Franklin, Johnson, Ohio, Ripley and 2 more24 min
Jun 23, 3:01 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCDearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland7 hr
Jun 23, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 10 more10 hr
Jun 23, 6:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCOhio93 min
Jun 23, 7:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 10 more2 hr
Jun 23, 2:51 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Lawrence54 min
Jun 23, 3:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence4 hr
Jun 23, 6:15 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Lawrence90 min
Jun 23, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 6 more5 hr
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 Kentucky, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.