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Mesoscale Discussion 235
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 1, 2017, 2:32 AM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 88 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2017, 2:32 AM EST (07:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2017, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 88 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
All 127 counties
Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Powell County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:34 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 7:00 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton and 14 more | 90 min |
| Feb 28, 7:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaGrange and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:46 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene and 14 more | 119 min |
| Feb 28, 9:29 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 34 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:41 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaGrange and 9 more | 94 min |
| Feb 28, 10:51 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:03 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 48 more | 117 min |
| Feb 28, 11:09 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Lawrence and 6 more | 66 min |
| Feb 28, 11:29 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 41 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:52 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Elkhart, Fulton, Jasper, LaPorte, Marshall and 7 more | 53 min |
| Mar 1, 1:44 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 28 more | 61 min |
| Mar 1, 4:03 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:19 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harrison, Perry, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 56 min |
| Mar 1, 5:57 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd, Franklin and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:09 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 6:28 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 88 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 6:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:28 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Clinton and 32 more | 92 min |
| Mar 1, 3:56 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Floyd, Greenup and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:19 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashland, Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 22 more | 86 min |
| Mar 1, 3:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:44 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson and 7 more | 91 min |
| Mar 1, 10:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:25 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Morgan | 65 min |
Nearby
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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.