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Mesoscale Discussion 283

March 9, 20174 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 9, 2017, 10:42 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2017, 10:42 PM CST (04:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2017, 11:45 PM CST
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 71 counties

Blount County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson 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, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA, Alcorn County, MS, Benton 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, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Moore County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 2017-03-10Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2017-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
2824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 6:39 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFayette, Greene, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Sumter96 min
Mar 9, 11:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 10 more4 hr
Mar 10, 12:50 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 12 more85 min
Mar 10, 3:09 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Shelby and 3 more96 min
Mar 9, 6:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more5 hr
Mar 9, 7:58 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson, Dickson and 23 more92 min
Mar 9, 8:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb and 24 more4 hr
Mar 9, 9:30 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson and 10 more90 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.