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Mesoscale Discussion 917

June 28, 20184 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 28, 2018, 10:22 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2018, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2018, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 70 counties

Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Murray County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Calloway County, KY, Graves County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Moore County, TN, Perry County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:24 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2018-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2274 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 2018-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2274 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
11.7

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 10:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 32 more8 hr
Jun 28, 1:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 44 more113 min
Jun 28, 4:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 21 more86 min
Jun 28, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 18 more7 hr
Jun 28, 6:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Decatur, Echols and 5 more83 min
Jun 28, 2:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Butler, Caldwell and 31 more3 hr
Jun 28, 8:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 10 more62 min
Jun 28, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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.