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Mesoscale Discussion 1194

July 7, 20166 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 7, 2016, 6:37 PM EDT for 6 states. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2016, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties

Banks County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Polk County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Washington County, TN, Lee County, VA, Scott County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 237 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 2016-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 649 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 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
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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 1:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess and 14 more59 min
Jul 7, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Boyle and 50 more4 hr
Jul 7, 3:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge, Butler and 37 more54 min
Jul 7, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Jackson and 13 more4 hr
Jul 7, 3:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnson, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin and 20 more63 min
Jul 7, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnson, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Craven and 27 more7 hr
Jul 7, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon and 3 more2 hr
Jul 7, 7:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnson, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Chatham, Columbus and 30 more66 min
Jul 7, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Clay and 31 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in North Carolina, 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.