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Mesoscale Discussion 207
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 24, 2017, 6:28 PM EST for 6 counties in Indiana; 76 counties in Kentucky; 33 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2017, 6:28 PM EST (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2017, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 115 counties
Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Scott County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Roane County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -394 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:07 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 40 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 52 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:56 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 46 more | 94 min |
| Feb 24, 6:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson, Ohio and 4 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.