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Mesoscale Discussion 899
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 26, 2018, 7:41 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2018, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2018, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 92 counties
Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Webster County, KY, Butler County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 10:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crittenden, Cross | 84 min |
| Jun 27, 1:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi and 2 more | 93 min |
| Jun 27, 1:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson, Metcalfe and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Bates, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence and 2 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018
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.