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Mesoscale Discussion 244
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.
- 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 10:33 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken and 32 more | 117 min |
| Mar 30, 11:27 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette, Giles, Hardeman and 13 more | 93 min |
| Mar 30, 12:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Marion | 6 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.