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Mesoscale Discussion 1626
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 6, 2018, 12:44 AM EST for 44 counties in Kentucky; 4 counties in Virginia; Mingo County, Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2018, 12:44 AM EST (05:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2018, 2:45 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 20%
All 50 counties
Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Buchanan County, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Wise County, VA, Mingo County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 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 nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 306 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 521 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 667 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 9:52 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Casey, Clinton and 13 more | 53 min |
| Nov 5, 11:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 6, 12:11 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Henrico, Isle of Wight and 24 more | 94 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018
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.