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Mesoscale Discussion 1416

June 27, 20116 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 27, 2011, 11:30 AM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2011, 11:30 AM CDT (16:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 109 counties

Mississippi County, AR, Hardin County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Perry County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Webster County, KY, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Madison County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Weakley County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2011-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 708 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 2011-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 3:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Marion2 hr
Jun 26, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 35 more6 hr
Jun 26, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren5 hr
Jun 27, 12:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 48 more92 min
Jun 27, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 43 more7 hr
Jun 27, 3:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Bond, Champaign, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 39 more91 min
Jun 27, 5:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 35 more97 min
Jun 27, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCPerry, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick4 hr
Jun 27, 2:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 35 more55 min
Jun 27, 3:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Harlan and 21 more88 min
Jun 26, 10:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Audrain, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell and 29 more84 min

Nearby

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