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Mesoscale Discussion 1774

July 25, 20045 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 25, 2004, 1:51 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 2004, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2004, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties

Jackson County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knox County, KY, Leslie County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Anderson County, TN, Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Polk County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Smith County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Lee County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2004-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 433 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 2004-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
433 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
914 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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
Jul 25, 2:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chilton and 18 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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.