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Mesoscale Discussion 1585
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 24, 2016, 8:18 PM EDT for 33 counties in Indiana; 9 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2016, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties
Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Allen County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 1614 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 10:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Delaware, Randolph | 117 min |
| Aug 25, 5:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 26 more | 93 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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.