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Mesoscale Discussion 1547

August 22, 20175 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 22, 2017, 11:54 AM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 2017, 11:54 AM EDT (15:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2017, 1:00 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 113 counties

Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Clark County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Brown County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Greene County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Venango County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2017-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 793 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 2017-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 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
793 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Floyd, Harrison, Perry, Switzerland8 hr
Aug 22, 2:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken and 56 more91 min
Aug 22, 3:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Fulton and 11 more2 hr
Aug 22, 4:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken and 56 more66 min
Aug 22, 11:55 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradford, Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, McKean, Potter and 4 more3 hr
Aug 22, 12:23 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBradford, Cameron, Clinton, Elk, Lycoming, McKean and 5 more9 hr
Aug 22, 2:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradford, Potter, Tioga2 hr
Aug 22, 3:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia and 18 more67 min
Aug 22, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia and 26 more8 hr
Aug 22, 4:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradford, Lycoming, McKean, Potter, Sullivan, Tioga87 min
Aug 22, 7:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia and 24 more113 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.