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Mesoscale Discussion 936

June 10, 20144 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 10, 2014, 10:34 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2014, 10:34 AM CDT (15:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2014, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 92 counties

Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Dade County, GA, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Larue County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 2014-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 9, 8:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 19 more92 min
Jun 9, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall7 hr
Jun 9, 10:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 15 more88 min
Jun 10, 10:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo and 6 more65 min
Jun 10, 10:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 35 more7 hr
Jun 10, 10:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more8 hr
Jun 10, 1:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 2 more94 min
Jun 10, 1:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 11 more93 min
Jun 10, 3:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale and 3 more87 min
Jun 10, 3:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Randolph63 min
Jun 10, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee and 55 more8 hr
Jun 10, 5:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHabersham, Rabun, Towns, White91 min
Jun 10, 5:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley and 72 more56 min
Jun 10, 1:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell, Bourbon and 59 more90 min
Jun 10, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell, Bourbon and 58 more7 hr
Jun 10, 3:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carter, Fleming and 12 more95 min
Jun 10, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoyd, Bracken, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence, Lewis and 1 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.