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Mesoscale Discussion 742

May 26, 201610 counties in Kentucky; New Madrid County, Pemiscot County, Missouri; 12 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 26, 2016, 1:45 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kentucky; New Madrid County, Pemiscot County, Missouri; 12 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2016, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 24 counties

Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Christian County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lake County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2016-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 265 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 2016-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 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
265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1187 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 10:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte83 min
May 25, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 23 more5 hr
May 26, 10:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Holt, Jackson and 2 more57 min
May 26, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 25 more8 hr
May 26, 4:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Caldwell, Callaway, Camden, Carroll and 22 more94 min
May 26, 5:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Nodaway, Worth63 min
May 26, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole and 15 more6 hr

Nearby

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