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Mesoscale Discussion 284

March 10, 20174 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 10, 2017, 12:50 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2017, 12:50 AM CST (06:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2017, 2:15 AM CST
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties

Blount County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Bartow County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Bledsoe County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Polk County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, 10:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 10 more63 min
Mar 9, 11:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlount, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 10 more4 hr
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 Alabama, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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.