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Mesoscale Discussion 238

March 1, 20176 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 1, 2017, 5:28 AM CST for 6 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2017, 5:28 AM CST (11:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2017, 7:30 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 178 counties

Lauderdale County, AL, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Carter County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Marion County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Anderson County, TN, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson 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, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN, Dickenson County, VA, Lee County, VA, Wise County, VA, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Roane County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2017-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 66 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 2017-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 411 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
66 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
411 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
386 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 4:19 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLauderdale56 min
Mar 1, 10:08 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb and 19 more2 hr
Mar 1, 11:48 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb and 20 more6 hr
Mar 1, 2:11 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 7 more2 hr
Mar 1, 2:43 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Elmore and 3 more3 hr
Mar 1, 3:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne and 10 more4 hr
Mar 1, 5:54 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 16 more2 hr
Feb 28, 7:46 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 15 more119 min
Feb 28, 8:29 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Ballard, Bourbon, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 49 more12 hr
Feb 28, 10:03 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Kenton, Pendleton117 min
Feb 28, 10:29 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more8 hr
Mar 1, 1:32 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd and 69 more88 min
Mar 1, 2:09 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 6 more2 hr
Mar 1, 3:03 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more5 hr
Mar 1, 4:57 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 55 more5 hr
Mar 1, 5:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoyd, Carter, Greenup5 hr
Mar 1, 6:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 28 more5 hr
Mar 1, 7:28 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Clinton and 32 more92 min
Mar 1, 2:56 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Floyd, Greenup and 8 more2 hr
Feb 28, 6:00 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDefiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Paulding and 4 more90 min
Feb 28, 6:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDefiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding and 3 more8 hr
Feb 28, 8:41 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDefiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Paulding, Williams and 1 more94 min
Mar 1, 12:44 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Auglaize, Darke, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock and 9 more61 min
Mar 1, 1:19 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 22 more86 min
Mar 1, 2:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more4 hr
Mar 1, 8:44 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 77 more91 min
Mar 1, 9:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 65 more4 hr
Mar 1, 11:25 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt and 44 more65 min
Mar 1, 11:50 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 41 more55 min
Mar 1, 12:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 29 more4 hr
Mar 1, 1:50 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack, Charles City, Chesterfield, Gloucester, Henrico, James City and 16 more55 min
Mar 1, 2:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHalifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville7 hr

Nearby

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