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Mesoscale Discussion 68
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 6, 2025, 7:12 AM CST for 30 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 93 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2025, 7:12 AM CST (13:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2025, 8:45 AM CST
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Tornado watch 3
All 30 counties
Adair County, KY, Barren County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Estill County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:15 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, 4:19 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 61 more | 86 min |
| Feb 6, 5:13 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt and 51 more | 5 hr |
| 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 |
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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.