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Mesoscale Discussion 244

March 30, 200439 counties in Kentucky; 57 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 30, 2004, 12:21 PM CST for 39 counties in Kentucky; 57 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2004, 12:21 PM CST (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2004, 1:45 PM CST
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 96 counties

Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bell County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Warren County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Anderson County, TN, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2004-03-30Temperature 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 2004-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-72 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
Mar 30, 10:33 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken and 32 more117 min
Mar 30, 11:27 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChester, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette, Giles, Hardeman and 13 more93 min
Mar 30, 12:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMarion6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.