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Mesoscale Discussion 64

February 5, 202513 counties in Indiana; 51 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 5, 2025, 9:43 PM EST for 13 counties in Indiana; 51 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 2025, 9:43 PM EST (02:43 UTC)
Expired
Feb 6, 2025, 3:45 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Freezing rain
All 64 counties

Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Blackford County, IN, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Grant County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jay County, IN, Noble County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allen County, OH, Ashland County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Darke County, OH, Defiance County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Erie County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Henry County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Portage County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Union County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Williams County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 00:00Z on 2025-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2025-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 434 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
434 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
778 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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.