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Mesoscale Discussion 67
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 6, 2025, 4:19 AM CST for 67 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 86 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2025, 4:19 AM CST (10:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2025, 5:45 AM CST
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch possible
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
All 67 counties
Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian 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, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:21 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 12:08 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Butler, Calloway and 36 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 5:13 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt and 51 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:12 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Barren, Breathitt, Casey, Clay, Clinton and 24 more | 93 min |
| Feb 6, 8:52 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 3 more | 83 min |
| Feb 6, 1:21 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCreary and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:10 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bell, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Harlan and 13 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.