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Mesoscale Discussion 1122

June 11, 20127 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 11, 2012, 1:12 PM CDT for 7 states. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2012, 1:12 PM CDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2012, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 146 counties

Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Arkansas County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Greene County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Union County, IL, Allen County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Barren County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Webster County, KY, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica 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, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin 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, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Moore County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2451 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
2451 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

827 
ACUS11 KWNS 111813
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 111812
TNZ000-KYZ000-ALZ000-ILZ000-MSZ000-MOZ000-ARZ000-111945-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1122
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0112 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...AR...MO...IL...KY...TN...MS...AL

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 372...

VALID 111812Z - 111945Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 372
CONTINUES.

SUMMARY...EXTENSIVE STRONG/SEVERE SQUALL LINE CONTINUES TO DEVELOP
EWD AND WILL CROSS THE MS RIVER THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE CHANCE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL MOVING EAST INTO SRN IL...WRN
TN/KY...AND PORTIONS OF CNTRL/ERN AR AND NRN MS/AL...A NEW WATCH
ACROSS THESE AREAS WILL BE COORDINATED SHORTLY.

DISCUSSION...DEEP CONVECTION HAS PROGRESSED THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF
WW372 THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND HAS SHOWN SOME INCREASE IN
STRENGTH AND ORGANIZATION ACROSS SERN MO LAST HOUR. ENTIRE
CONVECTIVE LINE WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS ESEWD ACROSS THE MS RIVER
AND SWD INTO ECNTRL AR OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WHERE MAGNITUDE OF
INSTABILITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME HAIL.

..CARBIN/MEAD.. 06/11/2012

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

ATTN...WFO...MRX...LMK...OHX...HUN...PAH...MEG...JAN...LZK...

LAT...LON   37528948 37788746 37078563 35658528 35128576 34728681
            34368805 34118879 33979036 34059145 34099231 34249299
            34499325 34699320 35189257 35449221 35879079 37528948

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 12:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGeneva, Henry, Houston53 min
Jun 11, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence7 hr
Jun 11, 3:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale2 hr
Jun 11, 5:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence55 min
Jun 11, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton and 28 more6 hr
Jun 11, 9:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 16 more59 min
Jun 11, 9:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 23 more6 hr
Jun 11, 3:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Polk, Scott, Sebastian, Washington91 min
Jun 11, 11:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Clay, Effingham, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 15 more97 min
Jun 10, 10:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway and 2 more53 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.