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Mesoscale Discussion 1009

June 21, 201613 counties in Kentucky; 16 counties in Tennessee; 12 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 21, 2016, 8:27 PM EDT for 13 counties in Kentucky; 16 counties in Tennessee; 12 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2016, 8:27 PM EDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2016, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Anderson County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Union County, TN, Washington 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, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA, Wythe County, VA

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 303 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2016-06-22Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2016-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 12:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Butler, Christian and 22 more2 hr
Jun 22, 4:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCharlotte, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, City of Danville90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.