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Mesoscale Discussion 209

February 24, 20174 counties in Alabama; 11 counties in Kentucky; 32 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 24, 2017, 8:50 PM CST for 4 counties in Alabama; 11 counties in Kentucky; 32 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2017, 8:50 PM CST (02:50 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2017, 10:15 PM CST
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 47 counties

Jackson County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Adair County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Russell County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Smith County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2017-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 391 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 2017-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
391 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 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
3.5

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 7:49 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken and 23 more116 min

Nearby

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