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Mesoscale Discussion 828

May 24, 201717 counties in Kentucky; 35 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2017, 11:47 AM CDT for 17 counties in Kentucky; 35 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2017, 11:47 AM CDT (16:47 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2017, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 52 counties

Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Green County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Marion County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Russell County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane 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 radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2017-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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 2017-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 6:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and 7 more3 hr
May 24, 10:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Campbell, Kenton58 min
May 24, 12:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle and 51 more7 hr
May 24, 2:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle and 53 more55 min
May 24, 5:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Lawrence and 6 more24 min
May 24, 9:04 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCPolk11 hr

Nearby

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