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Mesoscale Discussion 209

March 20, 20045 counties in Arkansas; 4 counties in Kentucky; 43 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 20, 2004, 5:10 PM CST for 5 counties in Arkansas; 4 counties in Kentucky; 43 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 2004, 5:10 PM CST (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 2004, 6:15 PM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 52 counties

Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Allen County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Simpson 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, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2004-03-20Temperature 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 2004-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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
Mar 20, 11:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCraighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence, Lee and 3 more6 hr
Mar 20, 2:09 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraighead, Mississippi66 min
Mar 20, 3:38 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford, Dallas and 28 more2 hr
Mar 20, 5:05 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring and 11 more85 min
Mar 20, 9:20 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Breckinridge, Caldwell, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess and 14 more85 min

Nearby

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