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Mesoscale Discussion 1393

June 26, 20114 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 26, 2011, 4:14 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2011, 4:14 AM CDT (09:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2011, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 112 counties

Massac County, IL, Switzerland County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bell County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Graves County, KY, Green County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Anderson County, TN, Benton County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart 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 Louisville radar (KLVX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2011-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 966 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
966 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 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 25, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Edwards, Fayette and 27 more6 hr
Jun 25, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChristian, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 4 more5 hr
Jun 25, 10:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline, Wabash, White and 1 more53 min
Jun 26, 1:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 20 more84 min
Jun 26, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 12 more4 hr
Jun 26, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMonroe, Randolph5 hr
Jun 26, 6:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Hancock and 9 more83 min
Jun 26, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBedford, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 22 more8 hr
Jun 26, 2:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Giles and 15 more87 min
Jun 26, 5:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradley, Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Giles and 21 more46 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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.