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Mesoscale Discussion 1322

June 11, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 11, 2003, 2:13 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2003, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2003, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties

Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Knox County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Lee County, VA, Boone County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 257 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 2003-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 95 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 2003-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1176 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken and 54 more2 hr
Jun 11, 10:57 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Clay, Clinton, Estill, Harlan, Jackson and 11 more63 min
Jun 11, 11:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Breathitt, Clay, Clinton, Estill, Floyd and 23 more6 hr
Jun 11, 4:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian and 10 more29 min
Jun 11, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Clinton, Cumberland, Harlan, Knox, McCreary and 4 more5 hr
Jun 11, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Barren, Calloway, Christian, Graves, Logan and 8 more5 hr
Jun 11, 5:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Clinton, Cumberland, Logan, McCreary, Monroe and 2 more93 min
Jun 11, 5:53 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLauderdale, Shelby, Tipton3 hr
Jun 11, 10:21 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood and 7 more54 min
Jun 11, 11:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 33 more5 hr
Jun 11, 1:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 31 more64 min
Jun 11, 3:05 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 49 more25 min
Jun 11, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 42 more6 hr
Jun 11, 7:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmherst, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 35 more53 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.