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Mesoscale Discussion 1599

August 27, 20164 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 27, 2016, 1:27 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2016, 1:27 PM EDT (17:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 52 counties

Dearborn County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Mason County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Lenawee County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Highland County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Preble County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Warren County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2016-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1019 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 12:00Z on 2016-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1019 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1068 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 3:35 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Champaign, Clark, Crawford, Delaware, Erie and 21 more115 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2016Mesoscale 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.