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Mesoscale Discussion 145

February 7, 20174 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 7, 2017, 7:28 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 7, 2017, 7:28 AM CST (13:28 UTC)
Expired
Feb 7, 2017, 9:30 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 57 counties

Crittenden County, AR, Lee County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Allen County, KY, Logan County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Warren County, KY, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2017-02-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-02-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 367 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
806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
367 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 10:31 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden and 39 more2 hr
Feb 6, 10:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 36 more9 hr
Feb 7, 1:52 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden and 27 more113 min
Feb 6, 11:20 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBreckinridge, Bullitt, Carroll, Franklin, Hancock, Henry and 7 more115 min
Feb 7, 4:57 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 23 more2 hr
Feb 7, 5:59 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 28 more2 hr
Feb 7, 7:54 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 34 more11 hr
Feb 7, 10:18 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 26 more117 min
Feb 7, 12:22 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAttala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay and 12 more2 hr
Feb 7, 12:56 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock and 18 more64 min
Feb 7, 5:39 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCWayne96 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.