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Mesoscale Discussion 1206

July 8, 201616 counties in Kentucky; 37 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 8, 2016, 1:01 PM EDT for 16 counties in Kentucky; 37 counties in Tennessee; 7 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2016, 1:01 PM EDT (17:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 60 counties

Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Washington County, TN, White County, TN, Buchanan County, VA, City of Norton, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Wise County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 2016-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2067 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 2016-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
2067 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 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
Jul 8, 10:08 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bracken, Bullitt, Campbell, Carroll, Franklin and 12 more67 min
Jul 8, 11:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 101 more7 hr
Jul 8, 2:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 2 more2 hr
Jul 8, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFulton, Hickman5 hr
Jul 8, 3:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Bell, Breathitt, Casey, Clark, Clay and 32 more56 min
Jul 8, 5:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman63 min
Jul 8, 6:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBreckinridge, Bullitt, Daviess, Hancock, Hardin, Henderson and 3 more84 min
Jul 8, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Campbell, Cannon and 50 more7 hr
Jul 8, 3:32 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJohnson88 min
Jul 8, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Campbell, Carroll and 23 more5 hr
Jul 8, 5:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg57 min
Jul 8, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrunswick, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, City of Emporia6 hr

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.