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Mesoscale Discussion 414

April 6, 200339 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 6, 2003, 1:07 PM CDT for 39 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2003, 1:07 PM CDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2003, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Smith County, TN, Trousdale 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), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2003-04-06Temperature 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 2003-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 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
Apr 6, 9:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson and 18 more116 min
Apr 6, 11:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 11 more5 hr
Apr 6, 12:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood and 4 more2 hr
Apr 6, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb and 28 more6 hr
Apr 6, 3:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb and 18 more118 min

Nearby

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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.