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Mesoscale Discussion 526

April 20, 200316 counties in Kentucky; 8 counties in Mississippi; 33 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 20, 2003, 8:57 PM CDT for 16 counties in Kentucky; 8 counties in Mississippi; 33 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2003, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties

Allen County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Christian County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Webster County, KY, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson 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, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Madison County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 409 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 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
409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 7:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 26 more57 min
Apr 21, 1:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLetcher, Pike90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 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.