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Mesoscale Discussion 366
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 2, 2025, 8:45 PM EDT for 22 counties in Indiana; 9 counties in Kentucky; 51 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2025, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2025, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...tornado watch likely
- Chance of a watch
- 95%
All 82 counties
Adams County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Madison County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Adams County, OH, Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Highland County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Ross County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Warren County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 539 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 397 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Daviess, Delaware, Greene and 15 more | 85 min |
| Apr 2, 10:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bartholomew, Brown, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware and 12 more | 89 min |
| Apr 2, 10:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Jennings and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 8:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves and 5 more | 117 min |
| Apr 3, 12:05 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 46 more | 115 min |
| Apr 3, 12:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 68 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:54 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boyd | 96 min |
| Apr 3, 10:41 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Harlan, Knox and 7 more | 94 min |
| Apr 3, 1:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Breathitt, Casey and 23 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Breathitt, Casey, Clay, Cumberland, Estill and 15 more | 2 hr |
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.