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Mesoscale Discussion 952

June 21, 20204 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 21, 2020, 1:00 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2020, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2020, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch
20%
All 108 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Perry County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH, Warren County, OH, Anderson County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Knox County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Union County, TN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2020-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 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 2020-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2020Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.