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Mesoscale Discussion 1796

October 19, 201635 counties in Indiana; 26 counties in Kentucky; 5 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 19, 2016, 4:57 PM EDT for 35 counties in Indiana; 26 counties in Kentucky; 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 19, 2016, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 66 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Greene County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Washington County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Mason County, KY, Meade County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2016-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 2:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 39 more2 hr
Oct 19, 7:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBracken, Campbell, Kenton, Pendleton55 min

Nearby

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