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Mesoscale Discussion 597

May 11, 201624 counties in Kentucky; Lee County, Wise County, City of Norton, Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 11, 2016, 12:39 AM EDT for 24 counties in Kentucky; Lee County, Wise County, City of Norton, Virginia. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2016, 12:39 AM EDT (04:39 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2016, 2:15 AM EDT
In force: 96 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 27 counties

Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Estill County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, City of Norton, VA, Lee County, VA, Wise County, VA

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 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 text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 8:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Allen, Barren, Calloway, Christian, Clinton and 9 more	93 min
May 11, 3:40 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Logan, Monroe, Simpson, Todd	95 min
May 11, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster	12 hr
May 11, 6:30 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Casey and 27 more	2 hr
May 11, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 53 more	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2016 Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2016 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.