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Mesoscale Discussion 1130

June 23, 201725 counties in Alabama; 15 counties in Mississippi; 34 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 23, 2017, 10:54 AM CDT for 25 counties in Alabama; 15 counties in Mississippi; 34 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2017, 10:54 AM CDT (15:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2017, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 74 counties

Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lee County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Winston County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton 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, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2017-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 289 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2017-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock and 47 more63 min
Jun 23, 12:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 17 more6 hr
Jun 23, 3:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Cullman and 15 more118 min
Jun 23, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Calhoun, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall and 9 more6 hr
Jun 23, 4:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.