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Mesoscale Discussion 1298

June 10, 2003Perry County, Spencer County, Indiana; 35 counties in Kentucky; 16 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 10, 2003, 12:22 PM EST for Perry County, Spencer County, Indiana; 35 counties in Kentucky; 16 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2003, 12:22 PM EST (17:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2003, 2:15 PM EST
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 53 counties

Perry County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Christian County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Larue County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marion County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Webster County, KY, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2003-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1373 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 6:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDaviess, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Pike, Posey and 4 more4 hr
Jun 10, 7:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Graves, Hickman and 4 more6 hr
Jun 10, 10:24 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Carlisle, Crittenden, Graves, Hickman, Livingston and 2 more2 hr
Jun 10, 3:50 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Cannon, Coffee and 27 more115 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.