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Mesoscale Discussion 1771

November 18, 201711 counties in Alabama; 18 counties in Mississippi; 50 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 18, 2017, 3:18 PM CST for 11 counties in Alabama; 18 counties in Mississippi; 50 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 18, 2017, 3:18 PM CST (21:18 UTC)
Expired
Nov 18, 2017, 5:15 PM CST
In force
117 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 79 counties

Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Winston County, AL, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Giles 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, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2017-11-18Temperature 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 2017-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 559 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
559 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
544 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
Nov 18, 5:24 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCullman, Franklin, Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 4 more2 hr
Nov 18, 10:24 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Weakley2 hr
Nov 18, 12:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Cannon, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester and 53 more6 hr

Nearby

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