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Mesoscale Discussion 1301

June 9, 20086 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 9, 2008, 7:35 PM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2008, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 62 counties

Mississippi County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Marion County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Brown County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Owen County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Scott County, MO, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 229 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2008-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1952 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2008-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
1952 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

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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.