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Mesoscale Discussion 345

March 27, 2017Perry County, Spencer County, Warrick County, Indiana; 36 counties in Kentucky; 40 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 27, 2017, 1:58 PM CDT for Perry County, Spencer County, Warrick County, Indiana; 36 counties in Kentucky; 40 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2017, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2017, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 79 counties

Perry County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Christian County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Larue County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marion County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy 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, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Moore 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, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2017-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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 12:00Z on 2017-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 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 27, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Perry8 hr
Mar 27, 4:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Perry92 min
Mar 27, 11:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Ballard, Barren, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 18 more3 hr
Mar 27, 12:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 13 more8 hr
Mar 27, 3:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 13 more2 hr
Mar 27, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 25 more5 hr
Mar 27, 5:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Simpson91 min
Mar 27, 3:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradley, Hamilton87 min

Nearby

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