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Mesoscale Discussion 1422

June 27, 20115 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 27, 2011, 4:17 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2011, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 80 counties

Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA, Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Estill County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Graham County, NC, Swain County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Polk County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Washington County, TN, White County, TN, Buchanan County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 222 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

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 26, 8:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 60 more66 min
Jun 27, 2:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien and 79 more2 hr
Jun 27, 4:14 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Carroll, Crittenden, Daviess and 14 more91 min
Jun 27, 12:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 49 more90 min
Jun 27, 1:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 54 more4 hr
Jun 27, 3:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 35 more55 min
Jun 27, 1:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 44 more60 min
Jun 27, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden and 47 more6 hr
Jun 27, 4:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamance, Alexander, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen and 67 more83 min

Nearby

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