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Mesoscale Discussion 164

March 1, 2016McCreary County, Whitley County, Kentucky; 31 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 1, 2016, 2:00 PM EST for McCreary County, Whitley County, Kentucky; 31 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2016, 2:00 PM EST (19:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2016, 3:30 PM EST
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 33 counties

McCreary County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Polk County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2016-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2016-03-01The 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 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
Mar 1, 11:21 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Butler, Casey and 18 more84 min
Mar 1, 12:46 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBath, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken, Breathitt, Carter and 32 more2 hr
Mar 1, 3:43 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Boyd, Breathitt, Elliott, Floyd, Harlan and 10 more3 hr

Nearby

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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.