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Mesoscale Discussion 861

May 27, 2017Limestone County, Alabama; 18 counties in Kentucky; 63 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 27, 2017, 9:13 AM CDT for Limestone County, Alabama; 18 counties in Kentucky; 63 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2017, 9:13 AM CDT (14:13 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2017, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 82 counties

Limestone County, AL, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bell County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Knox County, KY, Logan County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Warren County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, 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, 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, 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, Loudon County, TN, Macon County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McMinn 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

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 9 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 2017-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 825 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 2017-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 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
825 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 3:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFulton2 hr
May 27, 4:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFulton6 hr
May 27, 6:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFulton2 hr
May 27, 12:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 88 more85 min
May 27, 1:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more59 min
May 27, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bourbon and 65 more7 hr
May 27, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Bell, Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Breathitt and 43 more6 hr
May 27, 3:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Boyle and 53 more85 min
May 27, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Watch PDSSPCAllen, Ballard, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 22 more7 hr
May 27, 7:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 12 more86 min
May 27, 5:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke and 16 more64 min
May 27, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 27 more9 hr

Nearby

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