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Mesoscale Discussion 482

April 19, 2011Colbert County, Franklin County, Lauderdale County, Alabama; 17 counties in Mississippi; 29 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 19, 2011, 9:39 PM CDT for Colbert County, Franklin County, Lauderdale County, Alabama; 17 counties in Mississippi; 29 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2011, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2011, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Perry County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wayne 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1605 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 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
1605 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

487 
ACUS11 KWNS 200240
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 200239
TNZ000-ALZ000-MSZ000-200345-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0482
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0939 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...NRN MS THROUGH NRN AL AND MIDDLE TN

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY

VALID 200239Z - 200345Z

A WW WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY 03Z FOR PORTIONS OF NRN MS...EXTREME
NWRN AL INTO MIDDLE TN. THREAT WILL EXIST FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE
HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

EXPANSIVE QLCS EXTENDS FROM NRN IND SWWD THROUGH ERN AR WITH SRN END
MOVING EAST AT 40 KT. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MODERATELY UNSTABLE
EAST OF THE LINE. DESPITE PRESENCE OF A CAPPING INVERSION...DEEPER
FORCING FOR ASCENT WITH PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL LIKELY
WEAKEN THE CAP ENOUGH FOR STORMS TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ALONG THE
ADVANCING CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. A  PREDOMINANT LINEAR MODE
WILL SUPPORT DAMAGING WIND AS PRIMARY THREAT. HOWEVER...SRN
EXTENSION OF A STRONG SLY LLJ WILL MAINTAIN 0-1 KM HODOGRAPHS
SUFFICIENT FOR A LINGERING THREAT OF MESOCYCLONES AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES EMBEDDED WITHIN THE QLCS.

..DIAL.. 04/20/2011

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...OHX...BMX...HUN...MEG...JAN...

LAT...LON   33799073 36418817 36568603 35628606 34428775 33538958
            33799073

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 11:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 4 more94 min
Apr 20, 3:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 16 more86 min
Apr 20, 3:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 33 more8 hr
Apr 20, 5:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, St. Clair66 min
Apr 20, 8:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Elmore and 11 more63 min
Apr 20, 1:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Chambers and 28 more89 min
Apr 20, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 33 more6 hr
Apr 20, 5:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Fayette and 10 more96 min
Apr 20, 6:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFayette, Greene, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa and 2 more84 min
Apr 19, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 24 more7 hr
Apr 20, 12:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 6 more89 min
Apr 20, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 52 more7 hr
Apr 20, 5:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBolivar, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Clay, Coahoma, Grenada and 13 more2 hr
Apr 19, 8:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Tipton83 min
Apr 20, 1:42 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 42 more5 hr
Apr 20, 2:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bledsoe, Campbell, Claiborne, Clay, Cumberland and 23 more85 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.