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Mesoscale Discussion 599

May 11, 20165 counties in Kentucky; 18 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 11, 2016, 2:40 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kentucky; 18 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2016, 2:40 AM CDT (07:40 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2016, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Allen County, KY, Logan County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1257 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
1257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Calloway, Christian, Clinton and 9 more93 min
May 10, 11:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Harlan and 18 more96 min
May 11, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDaviess, Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster12 hr
May 11, 5:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Casey and 27 more2 hr
May 11, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 53 more7 hr
May 10, 10:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Campbell, Cumberland, Davidson, DeKalb, Fentress and 16 more53 min
May 10, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Campbell, Cannon, Cheatham, Claiborne, Clay and 28 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.