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Mesoscale Discussion 1356

June 22, 201122 counties in Alabama; 31 counties in Mississippi; 33 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 22, 2011, 11:57 AM CDT for 22 counties in Alabama; 31 counties in Mississippi; 33 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2011, 11:57 AM CDT (16:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 86 counties

Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Alcorn County, MS, Attala County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lee County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Moore County, TN, Perry County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1419 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1419 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.4

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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 22, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 31 more5 hr
Jun 22, 3:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett, Davidson and 27 more92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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.