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Mesoscale Discussion 1292

June 19, 201115 counties in Kentucky; Cherokee County, Graham County, Swain County, North Carolina; 55 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 19, 2011, 7:51 AM CDT for 15 counties in Kentucky; Cherokee County, Graham County, Swain County, North Carolina; 55 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2011, 7:51 AM CDT (12:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2011, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 73 counties

Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Green County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Russell County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Cherokee County, NC, Graham County, NC, Swain County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Polk County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2011-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1891 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 2011-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 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
1891 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.0

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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 19, 2:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 22 more61 min
Jun 19, 2:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 47 more6 hr
Jun 19, 4:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge and 48 more66 min
Jun 19, 5:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge and 51 more59 min
Jun 19, 12:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Bell, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Knox and 9 more67 min
Jun 19, 12:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Bell, Clinton, Cumberland, Knox, Logan and 5 more8 hr
Jun 19, 3:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClinton, Cumberland, Knox, McCreary, Monroe, Wayne and 1 more2 hr
Jun 19, 4:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Ballard, Barren, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 20 more30 min
Jun 19, 5:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Ballard, Barren, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 16 more5 hr
Jun 19, 6:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Clinton, Cumberland, Logan, McCreary, Monroe and 4 more57 min
Jun 19, 12:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnson, Bladen, Burke, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland and 16 more61 min
Jun 19, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnson, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus and 36 more5 hr
Jun 19, 3:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnson, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus and 35 more62 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 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.