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Mesoscale Discussion 1037

June 23, 201616 counties in Indiana; 55 counties in Kentucky

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 23, 2016, 7:58 PM EDT for 16 counties in Indiana; 55 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2016, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 71 counties

Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marion County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Russell County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1202 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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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, 2:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCScott, Switzerland64 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, 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

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.