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Mesoscale Discussion 1845

August 3, 201155 counties in Kentucky; Mississippi County, New Madrid County, Missouri; 31 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 3, 2011, 6:43 PM CDT for 55 counties in Kentucky; Mississippi County, New Madrid County, Missouri; 31 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2011, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 88 counties

Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson 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, 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, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCreary 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, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lake County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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 2011-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 716 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 2011-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 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
716 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-276 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 2 more8 hr
Aug 3, 3:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Greenup, Lewis92 min
Aug 3, 7:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Greenup, Lewis84 min
Aug 3, 9:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt and 47 more7 hr
Aug 3, 12:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Breckinridge and 51 more64 min
Aug 3, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 46 more6 hr
Aug 3, 2:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Stone, Taney91 min

Nearby

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