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Mesoscale Discussion 589

May 10, 201629 counties in Kentucky; Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio; 6 counties in West Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 10, 2016, 6:19 PM EDT for 29 counties in Kentucky; Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio; 6 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2016, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 37 counties

Boyd County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Carter County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Powell County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 2016-05-10Temperature 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 2016-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 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
May 9, 9:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston and 1 more6 hr
May 9, 10:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, McCracken93 min
May 10, 1:38 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken and 50 more67 min
May 10, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Boone and 75 more9 hr
May 10, 4:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Fulton and 13 more67 min
May 10, 4:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 49 more61 min
May 10, 6:06 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Butler, Caldwell and 35 more6 hr
May 10, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 31 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 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.