Afternoon Storms Popping Up

[Snowman]

We have some widely scattered storms popping up this afternoon. Lets hope everyone can get a little rain.

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[Clarence]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1339
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0110 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...TN/KY
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY
   
   VALID 121810Z - 121915Z
   
   THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON WHILE
   INTENSIFYING OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MAIN THREAT WILL BE DMGG
   WINDS...ALTHOUGH SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE. A WW IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT
   CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED.
   
   A WEAK AREA OF CONVERGENCE THAT EXTENDS THROUGH AL/MS AND NWD INTO
   TN/KY HAS INITIATED CONVECTION RECENTLY IN A INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE
   ATMOSPHERE. CONVECTION ACROSS TN/KY LIES IN A RELATIVE WEAKNESS ON
   THE PERIPHERY OF A BROADER RIDGE AND AHEAD OF A TROUGH AXIS...WHICH
   HAS ALLOWED CONVECTION TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. MODIFIED 12Z SOUNDING
    FROM BNA USING CURRENT OBSERVATIONAL DATA GIVES 3500 J/KG OF MUCAPE
   AND NEAR 1000 J/KG OF DCAPE. DESPITE WEAK SHEAR...OVERALL
   INSTABILITY AND STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT PULSE
   STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DMGG WINDS IN WET MICROBURSTS. STRONGER
   UPDRAFTS MAY BE CONDUCIVE TO SMALL HAIL AS WELL. WEAK FLOW WILL
   EVENTUALLY LEAD TO SOMEWHAT ERRATIC DEVELOPMENT...WITH STORM
   MERGERS...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...AND TERRAIN BECOMING THE MAIN
   INFLUENCES ON SUBSEQUENT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT.
   
   ..HURLBUT.. 06/12/2008
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...LMK...OHX...HUN...PAH...MEG...
   
   35168709 34898887 35518942 36908841 37828701 37638595
   36728515 35408649 35318675

[Snowman]

.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
WEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE NASHVILLE AREA...THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND
SMALL HAIL.

Thanks for updating us on that Clarence. Good Work. 

[Clarence]

Thanks for updating us on that Clarence. Good Work. 

Had to move it from the other post 

[Cameron K.]

You don't even need to look at the radar to know that there are storms popping up. Just go outside and you can see how the cloud structures are much more organized than yesterday.

[Clay]

At the Ryan Weather Blog someone made a comment that if the dew point were to reach 98.6 degrees then you would condense water in your lungs and die. That sounds crazy but it made me look up the highest dew point ever recorded... 95º in Saudi Arabia. Can you imagine!  (hot)

[Charles Loring]

We're not gettting any? Yesterday= East of me...Today= West of me. 

[Clarence]

We're not gettting any? Yesterday= East of me...Today= West of me. 

Are you simply wanting some rain or what is it you want?  Please explain.  I have seen 5 dozen posts from you similar to this and am just curious.

[Charles Loring]

Rain.

[Shelly89]

Got .54 of an inch here in a storm about 230 this afternoon, it was a very intense one and had a lot of cloud to ground lightning, was in the field with the horses when it poped up, had enough time to get in and watch.  It was pretty fast moving and gave a warning for Muhelenberg county up here.  It is very cloudy here and humid, watching for more pop ups to come.

[Clay]

No rain was recorded at BNA airport and only .02 at Downtown Nashville.

[StormNine]

The rain went a mile to my east, than a mile to my west.  I only got a trace and some thunder.

[Clay]

The rain went a mile to my east, than a mile to my west.  I only got a trace and some thunder.

That's pretty much how it seem to everyone with summertime pop ups.

[toastido]

I got SLAMMED with a wet microburst on the interstate in my little truck.. Almost got blown off the road!  (This was in Cullman County, AL, on the way back from acing my HAM exam) Wild ride

[Cameron K.]

I got SLAMMED with a wet microburst on the interstate in my little truck.. Almost got blown off the road!  (This was in Cullman County, AL, on the way back from acing my HAM exam) Wild ride

How big was the cell do you think?