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Mesoscale Discussion 1188
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 7, 2016, 3:21 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana; 43 counties in Kentucky; 35 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2016, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 84 counties
Dubois County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway 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, Henderson County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Larue County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCreary County, KY, McLean 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, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Webster County, KY, Anderson 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, Grundy County, TN, Henry County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart 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 Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 649 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey and 3 more | 59 min |
| Jul 7, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Dubois, Gibson, Harrison, Orange, Perry and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Jackson and 13 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 1 more | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Clay and 31 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.