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Mesoscale Discussion 576

April 25, 20034 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 25, 2003, 11:04 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2003, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2003, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Marion County, AL, Winston County, AL, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Christian County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Alcorn County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lewis County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Perry County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN

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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2003-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 2003-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 279 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-232 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
296 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 25, 1:15 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens and 2 more90 min
Apr 25, 3:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh and 17 more85 min
Apr 25, 5:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva and 2 more65 min
Apr 25, 6:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Covington, Geneva, Houston6 hr
Apr 25, 7:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHouston94 min
Apr 25, 12:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 45 more5 hr
Apr 25, 12:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Choctaw, Coosa and 15 more2 hr
Apr 25, 3:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 24 more2 hr
Apr 25, 5:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chilton and 15 more59 min
Apr 25, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 10 more5 hr
Apr 25, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 16 more5 hr
Apr 25, 3:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Livingston, Logan and 6 more113 min
Apr 25, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell and 34 more4 hr
Apr 25, 6:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 33 more91 min
Apr 24, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 35 more4 hr
Apr 24, 9:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 1 more117 min
Apr 24, 10:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 35 more84 min
Apr 24, 11:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 49 more5 hr
Apr 25, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAmite, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene and 13 more5 hr
Apr 25, 1:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Lewis and 4 more2 hr
Apr 25, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Clay, Coffee and 28 more4 hr
Apr 25, 6:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBledsoe, Bradley, Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress and 13 more87 min

Nearby

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