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Mesoscale Discussion 1101

June 5, 201111 counties in Kentucky; 40 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2011, 2:55 PM CDT for 11 counties in Kentucky; 40 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2011, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties

Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Christian County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Moore County, TN, Perry County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2600 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2600 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1253 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 4, 11:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Campbell, Kenton, Pendleton67 min
Jun 5, 7:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBreckinridge, Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Meade and 3 more2 hr
Jun 5, 10:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell and 28 more88 min
Jun 5, 12:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Barren, Christian, Edmonson, Logan, Metcalfe and 5 more5 hr
Jun 5, 4:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradley, Franklin, Hamilton, Lincoln, McMinn, Marion and 4 more60 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.