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Mesoscale Discussion 1543
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 6, 2004, 2:35 PM EDT for 8 counties in Indiana; 56 counties in Kentucky; 49 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2004, 2:35 PM EDT (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2004, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 113 counties
Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner 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 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1048 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 12:14 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Fountain, Newton, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 91 min |
| Jul 6, 12:44 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Daviess, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Pike, Posey and 3 more | 91 min |
| Jul 6, 2:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 31 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Pike, Posey and 3 more | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Perry and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 9 more | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 3:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton and 41 more | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone and 72 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Johnson, Unicoi | 65 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004
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.