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Mesoscale Discussion 863

May 27, 20176 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 27, 2017, 1:50 PM EDT for 6 states. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2017, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2017, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 165 counties

Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell 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, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland 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, Hardin County, KY, Harlan 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, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin 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, Perry County, KY, Pike 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, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Washington County, OH, Anderson County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Macon County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Scott County, TN, Union County, TN, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Wise County, VA, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 2017-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 794 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 2017-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBartholomew, Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Decatur, Delaware and 23 more3 hr
May 26, 10:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll and 34 more92 min
May 27, 2:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDubois, Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and 1 more59 min
May 27, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 10 more7 hr
May 27, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCOhio, Switzerland6 hr
May 27, 4:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 8 more85 min
May 27, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Watch PDSSPCGibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick7 hr
May 27, 4:54 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFulton2 hr
May 27, 5:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFulton6 hr
May 27, 7:12 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFulton2 hr
May 27, 10:13 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Clinton, Cumberland and 12 more92 min
May 27, 8:49 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 12 more86 min
May 27, 6:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke and 16 more64 min
May 27, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more9 hr
May 27, 4:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bedford and 51 more89 min
May 27, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Brunswick and 59 more5 hr
May 27, 6:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Brunswick and 63 more93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 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.